It was a delight to re-read Persuasion, by Jane Austen, along with some of the […]
The Poet Empress, by Shen Tao
Trigger warning for interpersonal violence, torture, and references to child sexual abuse. Yin Wei is […]
Commonplace Book: May 2026
From the Acknowledgements in Jo Walton’s novel, Everybody’s Perfect: This past is not another country, […]
The Once and Future Me, by Melissa Pace
Reality is more fragile than we might realize and, when one is out of step […]
Of Monsters and Mainframes, by Barbara Truelove
Sometimes I pick up a book that I can instantly tell was written by someone […]
The Other Bennet Sister, by Janice Hadlow
I always wondered about Mary Bennet, the middle Bennet daughter, originally introduced to us in […]
Murder at the Spirit Lounge, by Jess Kidd
Trigger warning for suicide. Nora Breen returns in Murder at the Spirit Lounge, by Jess […]
The Library of Amorlin, by Kalyn Josephson
I crave originality in genre fiction. Because I read so many book reviews at work […]