The Headmaster’s Wife, by Thomas Christopher Greene

May 5, 2014

“Time is malleable. Memory fails. Memory changes.” Imagine yourself standing in front of a mirror with two friends standing alongside …

You Should Have Known, by Jean Hanff Korelitz

April 14, 2014

Page one: Grace Reinhart Sachs is in her office being interviewed and photographed for Vogue, one of many events preceding the …

March 19, 2014

If you are of an age where you meet friends in a skeezy bar over a few pitchers of beer …

March 6, 2014

Felix Brewster is a small-time number runner and strip club owner who would be furious at being called “small-time.” He’s …

February 12, 2014

I had the devil’s own time getting into this collection of essays, but after some false starts I loved it. The …

February 4, 2014

I’m assuming just about everyone read Gone Girl last year. I did – though I’m one of the three people in the …

February 3, 2014

The Goldfinch honestly thrilled me. Its prose is so rich, its story so engrossing, and the characters so compelling that I was absorbed …

February 3, 2014

This book sold about 1500 copies in the first month or so after its publication. Then the news broke that the author …

February 3, 2014

This is going to be a blog about books I love and want to share with other readers. I’m not a …