The Girls, by Emma Cline; American Heiress: The Wild Saga of the Kidnapping, Crimes and Trial of Patty Hearst, by Jeffrey Toobin

January 3, 2017

It was pure serendipity that I read these books back-to-back in the space of a week last fall. I read …

Late Summer Reading!

July 18, 2016

I adopted a puppy almost a year ago, not realizing how completely she would consume pretty much every waking hour …

August 5, 2015

You know those conversations when a bunch of people (often English majors) confess what they are embarrassed not to have …

June 3, 2015

SPOILER ALERT: it sinks like a rock. But you knew that, right? And if you didn’t, believe me when I …

January 31, 2015

Florence Gordon is seventy-five – a smart, opinionated and cranky feminist icon who pretty much drives her family and friends …

November 1, 2014

I’m partial to books with characters that surprise me. I’m not talking about characters who are simply unreliable narrators. Nor …

September 1, 2014

Doug Parker is the kind of guy you want to introduce to your sister. He’s smart, funny, articulate, kind and …

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 …