Sweet Tooth by Ian McEwan
I hadn’t planned to read Sweet Tooth, Ian McEwan’s latest, despite a flurry of media attention (well, NPR-type media). But …
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NW by Zadie Smith
NW opens with “Visitation,” a chronicle of life according to Leah, told through artfully written stream of consciousness and more …
A Trick of the Light by Louise Penny
A Trick of the Light opens with a vernissage, the preview of an art exhibition before its formal opening. Patient, …
Seduction by M.J. Rose
Ah, those summer reading lists, with their fleeting summaries. A blurb about Seduction, a new novel by M.J. Rose, described …
Bury Your Dead by Louise Penny
Je me souviens. Perhaps you’ve seen it on a Quebec license plate: I remember. I’d always thought of it as …
A Dangerous Inheritance by Alison Weir
Time to pull out Rebecca Fraser’s The Story of Britain once again. I wanted to be sure I had my …
The Book of Killowen by Erin Hart
I’ve been waiting for this book since reading Erin Hart‘s last book, False Mermaid, published in 2010. I can understand …
A Fatal Grace by Louise Penny
A Fatal Grace is the second “Three Pines” mystery by Louise Penny—I somehow missed it as I progressed through the …
Angels and Insects by A.S. Byatt
I’ve loved some of A.S. Byatt‘s other works—Possession and The Children’s Book (both novels) and The Matisse Stories (a collection …
The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling
No wizards. No magic. No hero in sight. Nevertheless, a satisfying novel: one I looked forward to reading each night, …
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