54 of 55: The Complete Stories by Flannery O’Connor
Most of us know Flannery O’Connor from her classic short story, “A Good Man Is Hard to Find” (1953), the …
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53 of 55: Imagined London by Anna Quindlen
I like Anna Quindlen’s writing: novels such as Black and Blue and essays enjoyed over the years. I have a …
52: Garment of Shadows by Laurie R. King
Long live the detective novel, done well. I’ve spent the weekend in 1924 Morocco, an occasionally harrowing but continually captivating …
51: Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
I’d never heard of Cloud Atlas—published in 2004—until my friend Dan mentioned that he was reading it in advance of …
50: Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand by Helen Simonson
This seemed like an ideal book for me: set in a small English village and featuring an intelligent, charmingly old-fashioned …
49: Another Thing to Fall by Laura Lippman
I’ve been struggling to write about some of the books I’ve been reading lately, three of them mysteries: this one …
47 & 48: The House at Sea’s End & A Room Full of Bones by Elly Griffiths
Having read the next two entries in the Ruth Galloway series, I’d planned to crow about being caught up. But …
46: Some Kind of Fairy Tale by Graham Joyce
If you glance through the writers represented on this blog, you’ll find few men. Over the years, I’ve been disappointed …
45 of 55: The Forever Marriage by Ann Bauer
The brief reviews I read earlier in the year didn’t pique my interest in The Forever Marriage. But I so …
44 of 55: Mary Boleyn, The Mistress of Kings by Alison Weir
Alison Weir is an historian and a storyteller. She’s written compelling historical fiction (most recently, the heartbreaking Innocent Traitor: A …
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