Fever Pitch by Nick Hornby
Nick Hornby is a man defined by his obsessions. In his Believe column he catalogues both his extensive monthly reading and his even more extensive book buying. His obsession with music is obvious from his essay collection Sonngbook and the novel High Fidelity, whose protagonist is forever making … [Read more]
The Snowman by Jo Nesbø
I usually like to start a series from the beginning, but I had already seen the movie The Snowman with Michael Fassbender, so decided to just try the novel by Jo Nesbø and see how they compared. It probably would have been better if I had done those two things in reverse order, but that's how it … [Read more]
The Book Eaters by Sunyi Dean
As a book lover, I couldn't resist reading something called The Book Eaters. Especially with the review quote from V. E. Schwab (whom I love) "I devoured this." Sunyi Dean's novel is set in a dark fantasy world where there are a group of book eaters who are not human, but instead subside by … [Read more]
Nightwings by Robert Silverberg
I read this as part of my planned effort over the next year to thin out my library by reading some of the books I've been schlepping from apartment to apartment with the idea that I'll read them someday. Someday is now! This plan worked here because this book is going straight in the recycling after … [Read more]
The Dark Iceland Series (1-6) by Ragnar Jónasson
After reading the Martin Beck novels last year, I decided to continue with Nordic noir. I had heard about a series set in Iceland, specifically the remote area of Siglufjörður, and featuring a young detective named Ari Thór Arason. I read these novels on Kindle and on Audible, where it helped to … [Read more]
Dark Earth by Rebecca Stott
CBR Bingo: Question Most historical fiction set in England involves a few specific historical time periods: the high/late medieval era (think Chaucer or Thomas Malory), the Elizabethan era, the Victorian era, WWI and WWII. But the early medieval period (the time we once might've been used to … [Read more]
