Troubles by J.G. Farrell
"In those days the Majestic was still standing in Kilnalough at the very end of a slim peninsula covered with dead pines leaning here and there at odd angles." This 1970 novel won the "Lost" Booker prize where books from that year were ineligible for rules reasons. And so this won against Shirley … [Read more]
All My Sons by Arthur Miller
The last book I reviewed for this site was Janice Hallett's The Appeal, in which most of the characters were involved with an amateur production of Arthur Miller's All My Sons. Though it was clearly tangential to the plot and unnecessary to parse the mystery, I was still a tad embarrassed to be … [Read more]
Horse by Geraldine Brooks
I didn't realize I could or would enjoy a book about horse racing, but here we are! I'm a bit bummed I missed my library book club meeting about this book because it would be fascinating for a discussion. In 2019, a master's student of art finds a painting of a horse in his neighbor's trash pile … [Read more]
A Restless Truth (The Last Binding, #2) by Freya Marske
I am really enjoying this series. It has so many things that I love: Lonely people falling in love, hijinks, magic, secrets, murder mysteries, an overarching plot that advances while leaving each book to be satisfying on their own, a fun Georgian England setting, queer representation in a historical … [Read more]
The Science of Sci-Fi: From Warp Speed to Interstellar Travel by Erin Macdonald
This year is my “No-Buy Year,” so I’m trying (and mostly succeeding!) to cut way back on buying books in any form. I already have so many that I haven’t read! So right now I’m going through a backlog of Audible books on my now-defunct account. (I switched to Libro.fm last year to support local indie … [Read more]
The Orphan's Letters by Glynis Peters
Kitty, an orphaned young woman, works to gain her Red Cross qualification as she continues to work as a nurse during World War Two. I picked up this ARC on NetGalley a while ago, and came to realize sometime after that that WW2 historical fiction is generally not for me. I enjoy learning about … [Read more]
