January 15, 2024
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January 13, 2024
The Fair Folk by Su Bristow
Rife with British historical fairy lore but laden with imagination creating a tale that feels fresh and new, the reader will find the story of Fliss, a young English country girl swept up in a fantastic world that offers both glamour and danger to be compelling and charming.
January 10, 2024
Cahokia Jazz by Francis Spufford
Described as “hothouse jazz noir” by Joe Hill, this complex and fascinating speculative historic mystery is a compelling read that will be difficult to put down. Plenty of meat here, plus an amusement-park ride through alternative culture.
January 10, 2024
The Curse of Pietro Houdini by Derek B. Miller
The battle of Montecassino is the backdrop for this tale of art theft, wartime violence and human connections, even of kindness and justice. A true page-turner for lovers of historical fiction spiced with details of art, architecture and culture.
January 2, 2024
Once Upon a Tome by Oliver Darkshire
An unlooked-for career in antiquarian and rare bookselling brings all sorts of adventures and misadventures in the dusty, musty world of old books and the eccentric types who populate the bookselling trade. Fully engaging and enchanting, highly literary in tone and subject.
December 29, 2023
The Waters by Bonnie Jo Campbell
Set in the Great Massasuaga Swamp of northern Michigan this tale of five women who are both at odds with each other and inextricably bonded by family blood is a compelling read that will satisfy readers of literary fiction and women’s issues as well as contemporary social problems.
December 19, 2023
Two by Patrick Rothfuss
I’m going to do something I never (very, very rarely, anyway) do. I’ll talk about books that are already published, sometimes years ago.
November 27, 2023
The Second Sight of Zachary Cloudesley
A boy, who, having lost an eye fulfills his infant promise as one who can see inside others’ minds, has an unquenchable thirst for knowledge and an adventurous spirit that propels him on a quest to rescue a father unjustly imprisoned in 18th century Constantinople.
November 27, 2023