Novel of Ferrars by Giorgio Bassani
This is a long collection of short novels about a town in between Bologna and Venice in northeast Italy circulating the long years of the wars, and especially in the lifetime of the novelist Giorgio Bassani, who lived from 1916-2000. Andre Aciman tells us in the introduction to the collection that … [Read more]
How to Blow Up a Pipeline: Learning to Fight in a World on Fire by Andreas Malm
Best for: I’m really not sure, and I’ll get to that in the review. In a nutshell: Author (and climate activist) Malm attempts to argue in favor of stronger action by the public where it comes to climate change and fossil fuel. Worth quoting: “We face an ostensible paradox here, in that the … [Read more]
The Collection by Harold Pinter
The Lover by Harold Pinter
Moonlight by Harold Pinter
The Room by Harold Pinter
The Dumb Waiter by Harold Pinter
The Dumb Waiter "BEN slams down the paper. BEN. Kaw ! He picks up the paper. What about this? Listen to this ! He refers to the paper. A man of eighty-seven wanted to cross the road. But there was a lot of traffic, see ? He couldn't see how he was going to squeeze through. So he crawled … [Read more]
If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio
I'll say this much for If We Were Villains: I finished it. Might sound simple but in this moment, that's not easy to do. I'm not finishing much these days. If it doesn't grab me off the bat, I'm probably going to sulk with it for a while. And it took me three full tries to get into this one. But … [Read more]
Sorceror to the Crown by Zen Cho
Woot! First review of the year! I must have read a review of Zen Cho's Sorcerer to the Crown on here (perhaps yesnopemaybe's), and so thanks for that. Zacharias Wythe, a formerly enslaved Black sorcerer has been named the Sorcerer Royal of the Unnatural Philosophers, a group that regulates magic … [Read more]
Book Lovers by Emily Henry
I’ve previously read/loved Emily Henry’s other books, Beach Reads & People We Meet on Vacation. As you’ll see in that previous review, I love Henry’s writing. And I can’t wait for the movie(s) of her books to come out! So, believe me when I say that I’m sad that I can’t give this book more … [Read more]
