Boston

The Woman In The Library

The Woman in the Library, by Sulari Gentill, is a thriller around a novelist, working on a thriller that might…

1 year ago

Coolidge Corner Branch Library

Boston has a really solid interlibrary loan system, where you can find any book at any of the branches, and…

5 years ago

Tidelands

Do you know how much I wanted to read Philippa Gregory's new novel Tidelands? I requested it on NetGalley, but then…

5 years ago

The Best Novels Set in Hawaii

With all the Hawaiian novels I read before my trip, it's a bit hard to pick favorites, but I really…

6 years ago

Up to the Mountains and Down to the Countryside

Up to the Mountains and Down to the Countryside by Quincy Carroll tells the story of two very different expats…

6 years ago

The Infinite Pieces of Us

Somehow, the teenage dialogue misses both the raw intensity of actual young adult conversations on life and meaning, as well…

6 years ago

The Lost Concerto

After the suspicious drowning death of her husband and the unsolved murder of her best friend, Sofia, Maggie O'Shea doesn't seem…

7 years ago

My (Not So) Perfect Life

I really enjoyed Twenties Girl and Something Borrowed, so I was excited to read Sophie Kinsella's latest, My Not So…

8 years ago

Not A Review

Pictured here is my latest round of holds: More Austen spinoffs, a Hamlet Choose-Your-Own-Adventure I heard about on Tumblr, it's…

8 years ago

The Gilded Years

The Gilded Years by Karin Tanabe tells the story of Anita Hemmings, a student who passes as white to attend…

8 years ago