I first started reading this novel sometime back in the 1990s when I was in college or graduate school, and still fairly new to the world of academic feminism where The Handmaid’s Tale is (was?) considered a must-read. I started… Read More ›
Book review
Review of ON THE ROCKS by For Every Morning
The blogger over at For Every Morning was one of the winners of the giveaway WildmooBooks hosted for On The Rocks, the first book in the new mystery series featuring Willa Cather and Edith Lewis by Sue Hallgarth. Here’s a… Read More ›
Audiobook: DRIFT by Rachel Maddow
I’m impressed by and envious of the number of audiobooks that Cass at (now defunct blog) Bonjour, Cass! listens to each month. Her most recent list of books motivated me to get back on the audiobook wagon that I’d fallen… Read More ›
Riders of the Purple Sage by Zane Grey
This year I’m challenging myself to read more broadly — different genres, different formats, authors from more countries, etc. A classic western fit the bill. I chose Riders of the Purple Sage because Zane Grey was my paternal grandfather’s favorite… Read More ›
Hans Fallada’s 1947 anti-Nazi classic Every Man Dies Alone
Reading this masterful novel was both painful and exhausting. Every Man Dies Alone is the story of what it was like to live in Berlin in the early 1940s. Written by someone who lived through it, the novel shows how everyone suffered under the political system of Nazi rule.