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Nice Girls

In the very beginning of Nice Girls, by Catherine Dang, Ivy League Mary gets expelled from Cornell when she slugs…

3 years ago

Retro Book Review: Ordeal by Innocence

I wanted to read Ordeal of Innocence, by Agatha Christie, because the premise was both intriguing and ridiculous. First, the…

3 years ago

The Beach

The realistic travel scenes blended with the creeping horror of isolation makes The Beach compelling, although the intensely early-twenties-ness of the…

3 years ago

Saint X

Saint X, by Alexis Schaitkin, is the story of a disappearance and unexplained death. It feels like a familiar headline:…

3 years ago

Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982

Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982, by Cho Nam-Joo, is a novel written as the psych case notes for a patient. The…

3 years ago