Category: Reading Journal

Artemis by Andy Weir is a sci-fi novel that just didn’t work for me, possibly because the main character is obnoxious and snarky. Jasmine…

I didn’t get a lot of reading done this month, but I have a good excuse: I was attending a concert almost every night…

Concrete by Thomas Bernhard is a short novel I picked up in Vienna last year when I went into an English-language bookshop and asked…

I Have Some Questions for You by Rebecca Makkai is a novel about a podcaster who returns to the boarding school she attended to…

The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson is a truly great book I should have read before now. Last year, my book club…

The Neon Rain by James Lee Burke is the first in his series featuring Lt. Dave Robicheaux. When he is visiting a death-row inmate…

Short month, short list of completed books: Dog on Fire by Terese Svoboda is a novel I reviewed for Southern Review of Books. (My…

I only managed to finish three books this month, but they were long ones! Ghostwritten was David Mitchell’s first novel. The only other book…

Simple Passion by Annie Ernaux (translated from French by Tanya Leslie) is a short book that takes a deep dive into the impact passion…

Horse by Geraldine Brooks was my book club selection for October, and I found it interesting because of the book I just finished writing,…