In the next Marcus Corvinus adventure, Foreign Bodies, the new emperor Claudius requests some help looking into the death of…
Damaged People by Bonnie Rozanski is a New York City family story, covering events that are both huge and mundane.…
Excerpt from my review over on Online Book Club a while ago: Apollo’s Raven by Linnea Tanner is historical fantasy,…
By now, whenever Marcus and Perilla start talking about having a relaxing time, I'm pretty sure someone's about to find…
In the tragic ending of Bonnie Rozanski’s "The Mindtraveler", physicist heroine Dr. Margaret Braverman wins the Nobel Prize. No, wait,…
I came to One Word Kill immediately after giving up on two different, terrible (self-pubbed) scifi titles, and I was beginning to…
Out East is a coming-of-age memoir about finding love and identity in the Hamptons party scene. Recent grad John Glynn joins…
Americanah tells the story of a Nigerian woman’s years in the US, and her eventual return to Nigeria. I was…
After finishing Dark Matter, I was excited to see Blake Crouch's new book, Recursion, up on Netgalley. Recursion is another…
I finished this novel about a week ago, and basically regretted finishing it because the next novel I read just…
The Milanese Stars opens just after a spectacular gem theft in a picturesque Milan neighborhood. The theft happened just down…
In the short story collection Sour Pricks, Mari Reiza introduces us to dark or dreary turning points in life, to…
Class boundaries disappear and secrets slip out on a long, hot journey from England to Australia in Rachel Rhys' Dangerous Crossing.…
I read American Born Chinese, a graphic novel by Gene Luen Yang, for my YA fiction course. This book tells…
I just saw this amazing bookstore on Shanghai's City Weekend. Rounded bookshelves over a massive floor mirror create a gorgeous…
China Rich Girlfriend by Kevin Kwan, blends lifestyle p0rn and careful attentions to customs and manners of an Edith Wharton…