Category: Reading Journal

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,…

Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro is my book club’s selection for August. I didn’t love it, I have to admit. The novel…

Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir is a science fiction thriller about an energy-eating bacterial threat to life on Earth. A man awakens from…

The Midnight Library by Matt Haig is overly sentimental. Spoiler alert—if you might want to read this book, stop reading this review now. It…