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• Review: Justice is Served by Leslie Karst

  

  Justice is Served: A Tale of Scallops, the Law, and Cooking for RBG will appeal to readers who love food memoirs and are also very interested in the law. Read more

  Posted on 22 April 2023 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Review: Lone Women by Victor LaValle

  

  Recently I posted about books that combine historical fiction and fantasy in interesting ways. This book is a great addition to that list. Read more

  Posted on 13 April 2023 BOOKS, CULTURE

• My March Reading Wrap-up

  

  I didn’t have much time to blog this month, and I kept my reading pretty light. I loved Less is Lost, which was a funny, moving and clever sequel to the... Read more

  Posted on 05 April 2023 BOOKS, CULTURE

• In Memory of Lily

  

  In March we lost a member of our family, my father’s wife Lily. Lily and my father met around the age of 70; for each it was a second chance at love. Read more

  Posted on 03 April 2023 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Review: Pod by Laline Paull

  

  If you loved Paull’s The Bees, you’ll probably love this one too. It’s not an easy read, for a couple of reasons. One is that, like The Bees, you have to... Read more

  Posted on 18 March 2023 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Review: What Happened to Ruthy Ramirez by Claire Jimenez

  

  I don’t think this is a perfect book, but I loved this story about a Puerto Rican family in Staten Island, New York. I found it a fantastic and moving first... Read more

  Posted on 10 March 2023 BOOKS, CULTURE

• 2023 Women’s Prize Longlist to Be Announced March 7

  

  Every year I look forward to the release of the Women’s Prize longlist, because I get some of my best book recommendations from them. Read more

  Posted on 05 March 2023 BOOKS, CULTURE

• My February Reading Wrap-Up

  

  February began with a work trip to Washington and a weekend tasting wine outside of Seattle, but the rest of the month has been difficult due to family health... Read more

  Posted on 03 March 2023 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Twelve Novels That Blend History and Fantasy

  

  This week’s Top Ten Tuesday, hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl, is a “genre freebie”. I decided to write about something that I’ve been reading lately, historica... Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2023 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Review: Signal to Noise by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

  

  I’m so glad that Moreno-Garcia’s publisher is going back and reissuing her earliest books, because both this and Certain Dark Things were fantastic. Read more

  Posted on 23 February 2023 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Review: The Last Girl by Nadia Murad

  

  This isn’t really a review because this is the kind of book that’s nearly impossible to review. It was impressive, inspiring, devastating, and informative. Read more

  Posted on 09 February 2023 BOOKS, CULTURE

• My January Reading Wrap-Up

  

  January was a great month for reading! Of course that’s because it was a lousy month for other things, between the wintry weather and getting sick. But at... Read more

  Posted on 02 February 2023 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Review: Exiles by Jane Harper

  

  I’m a big Jane Harper fan, so I was thrilled to pick up her new book on NetGalley. Harper writes mysteries set in remote parts of Australia. Read more

  Posted on 31 January 2023 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Reading Around the World: Reviews of The Wolf Den and This Rebel Heart

  

  In this post are two shorter reviews of books that are set in other countries that I highly recommend. Both provided two things I love: rich historical detail... Read more

  Posted on 28 January 2023 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Best New Authors I Read in 2022

  

  This week’s Top Ten Tuesday, hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl, is about authors we discovered in 2022. By my count, I read 54 new authors in 2022. Here are... Read more

  Posted on 24 January 2023 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Review: The Galaxy, and the Ground Within by Becky Chambers

  

  I’ve been recommending Chambers a lot lately, even to my husband who has pretty different science fiction tastes. This is surprising because I didn’t like... Read more

  Posted on 21 January 2023 BOOKS, CULTURE

• My Book and Blog Goals for 2023

  

  This week’s Top Ten Tuesday, hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl, is about our bookish goals for 2023. I wrote about this already in this end of year post, so... Read more

  Posted on 17 January 2023 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Review: The Island of Missing Trees by Elif Shafak

  

  In 2023, one of my reading goals is to go back to reading more books about other countries. I used to be in a book club that focused on international reads but ... Read more

  Posted on 11 January 2023 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Review: No Quiet Water by Shirley Miller Kamada

  

  I had mixed feelings about this book, which I received as an advance review copy. Kamada’s novel provides a close look at what life was like for a family in... Read more

  Posted on 06 January 2023 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Top Ten Books I Read in 2022

  

  Today’s Top Ten Tuesday, hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl, is our top books we read in 2022. I already wrote about my top 2022 releases and my favorite... Read more

  Posted on 03 January 2023 BOOKS, CULTURE