A Love Like No Other by Pamela Kruger and Jill Smolowe This book tackles topics about adoption and living in a family created through adoption from the perspective of adoptive parents. Although each section of the book has been written by a different adoptive parent, the editors grouped them by topics, such as reflections on [...]
The Forgery of Venus: A Novel by Michael Gruber What would it be like to live a life in which you cannot trust your memory or your senses to tell you what is true or even who you are? Charles “Chaz” Wilmot lives that nightmare in The Forgery of Venus, the latest novel by Michael [...]
The Witch’s Trinity: A Novel by Erika Mailman I’ve been reading a lot of historical fiction recently and most of it has centered on London. The greatest portion of that has taken place during the reigns of the Tudor monarchs. I wanted to change things up. So, when I read the list of Divia’s holiday [...]
Dreamers of the Day: A Novel by Mary Doria Russell This novel tells the story of Agnes Shanklin, a dowdy, severely skeptical 40-year-old spinster who still needs the reassurance of her mother’s approval before making any decision. When Mumma and the rest of her family dies during the influenza epidemic, Agnes inherits a small fortune. [...]
Special Topics in Calamity Physics by Marisha Pessl Just 75 pages into Special Topics in Calamity Physics, I knew that I was going to enjoy it. When what I was reading spoke to me personally in conjunction with an outside conversation I had just moments before reading it, I knew that I was reading something [...]
Last evening, I spent some time talking with one of my co-workers from India. We began talking about language and how it is heard and perceived by native speakers versus those who have learned it later in life. I have a lot of fun talking with S. He is intelligent and oh, so very easy [...]
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