Jun 20
Review of A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
ICYMI: Towles's closed-door tale of a Russian aristocrat under house arrest in a grand Moscow hotel manages to be at times playful,...
Jun 12
Review of Rednecks by Taylor Brown
In this mix of fictional and fascinating historical elements, Brown crafts a character-driven story of the shocking, widespread, deadly...
Feb 21
Review of The Whalebone Theatre by Joanna Quinn
The Whalebone Theatre begins with offbeat children's performances on a lazy, decadent English estate in the 1920s and builds to the...
Aug 8, 2023
Review of A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America by Timothy Egan
In this narrative nonfiction, Egan explores the Klan's explosive growth and power in the 1920s in states like Indiana and beyond, while...
Dec 7, 2022
Review of Shrines of Gaiety by Kate Atkinson
Atkinson's newest mystery is set in vivid Roaring Twenties London as Nellie Coker struggles to hold on to her empire of clubs while...
Oct 14, 2021
Review of So Long, See You Tomorrow by William Maxwell
So Long, See You Tomorrow is gorgeous, heartbreaking, and feels timeless. I loved it. My friend James mentioned this book as a favorite...
Oct 8, 2021
Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/8/21 Edition
The Books I'm Reading Now I'm listening to Conversations with Friends, Sally Rooney's book about a young poet hyper-focused on her...