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The Encyclopedia of Early Earth
A man from the North Pole meets a woman from the South Pole. It’s love at first sight, but, for mysterious reasons, they cannot touch. The man from Nord, also known as “The Storyteller,” recounts the...
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That Part Was True
As Eve Petworth deals with the loss of her mother, she finds solace in cooking and reading. When she writes to Jack Cooper, a famous American writer, she is surprised to receive a direct response. As...
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The Sisters Brothers
The best thing about book clubs is they introduce you to books you would never pick up yourself. Such is the case with The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt. This novel is a literary western, set...
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The Club Dumas
The thin line between passion and obsession has always been ripe ground for storytelling. In the noirish, suspenseful The Club Dumas, dark, obsessive love erupts into violence and murder – not over a...
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When It Happens to You
Don’t judge this book by its author, Molly Ringwald, an actress who reached stardom in the 80’s. You will find it is a terrifically captivating book in and of itself. And any skepticism concerning...
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Loitering
I’m not going to pretend to be an aficionado of essays, but I know a well-curated collection when I see one, fiction or otherwise. This new essay collection by short story writer and essayist Charles...
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Japanese Tales of Mystery and Imagination
Edogawa Rampo has been called the Edgar Allan Poe of Japan, and with good reason. Each of the nine stories in this collection offers the reader a unique level of creepy discomfort with endings that...
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The Marriage Game: A Novel of Queen Elizabeth I
Like fine wine, author Alison Weir is better with age. Or maybe it’s just taken this long to forgive her interpretation of Elizabeth I’s early years. The more Tudor historical fiction one reads the...
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Her Majesty’s Mischief
Her Majesty’s Mischief is a satisfying read set in Elizabethan England. Simon Maldon, childhood classmate of Elizabeth’s, is called upon by her Majesty to provide an accurate interpretation of Mary,...
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Slade House
Immortality: humans have lusted after it since time immemorial. Jonah and Norah Grayer, the soul-eating twins at the center of David Mitchell’s new novel, think they have immortality perfected....
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