

Review: Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata (Spoiler-Free)
She's far happier thinking her sister is normal, even if she has a lot of problems, than she is having an abnormal sister for whom...
★★★★-4.5
May 26, 2025


Review: Cold Crematorium by József Debreczeni, Translated by Paul Olchváry
I'm always astounded by what the human body and spirit can endure. Debreczeni's account of his Holocaust experience is harrowing, and...
unrated
May 24, 2025


Review: We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson (Spoiler-Free)
I began dressing Helen Clarke in my mind, putting her in a bathing suit on a snow bank, setting her high in the hard branches of a tree...
★★★★-4
May 6, 2025


Review: Mr Salary by Sally Rooney (Spoiler-Free)
My immediate reaction to finishing this short story: ummmmm yeah need more of that. I don't know how Sally Rooney does it. Her...
★★★★-4.5
May 6, 2025


Review: Going Postal by Terry Pratchett (Spoiler-Free)
Money is not a thing, it is not even a process. It is a kind of shared dream. Netflix's Klaus in book form. What a delight! This is my...
★★★★-4
Apr 20, 2025


Review: Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins (Spoiler-Free)
But the walls of a person's heart are not impregnable. Not if they've ever known love. What could I possibly say that hasn't already been...
★★★★-4.5
Apr 20, 2025


Review: Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead by Emily R. Austin (Spoiler-Free)
I wonder if anyone really identifies as the adult they’ve morphed into. Duh, of course an Emily would write a perfect book. Here's the...
★★★★★-5
Mar 21, 2025


Review: Sleeping Giants by Sylvain Neuval (Spoiler-Free)
I accidentally read like 3 interview format books back to back and I'm officially tired of them. Does that make my rating of this book a...
★★★-3
Mar 21, 2025


Review: The State of Affairs: Rethinking Infidelity by Esther Perel
Our partners do not belong to us; they are only on loan, with an option to renew—or not. Knowing that we can lose them does not have to...
★★★★★-5
Feb 23, 2025


Review: True Crime Story by Joseph Knox (Spoiler-Free)
I thought this was going to be an intriguing satire of the true crime genre that utilizes a meta narrative and mixed media elements, but...
★★-2
Jan 26, 2025


























