2014 has come to an end. There were some wonderful novels released this year. Debut writers were very hot in 2014, but established writers were also impressive. Before we get busy sorting through the upcoming 2015 titles, we wa...
2014 has been a great year for nonfiction, especially for memoirs. Roz Chast’s Can’t We Talk about Something More Pleasant, a memoir in graphic novel form, was a finalist for the National Book Award and won the inaugural Kirkus...
Literary awards season is upon us. A few weeks ago, the good people over at the Man Booker Prize announced their longlist. What an eclectic and essentially unpredictable bunch that was, but it was, nevertheless, a wonderful lis...
“Once upon a time, in a far-off land, I was kidnapped by a gang of fearless yet terrified young men with so much impossible hope beating inside their bodies it burned their very skin and strengthened their will right through th...
I know that it’s impossible to believe, but it’s already past the midpoint of 2014. Wow, that was fast! The TBR pile on my shelf was gigantic at the beginning of the year, but it has slowly dissipated, as summer has come and (n...