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Sunday Review: The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai
I really didn’t know what to expect when I starte
Sunday Review: The Next Ship Home by Heather Webb
The Next Ship Home is an enlightening and enjoyable novel about Ellis Island at the very…
Don’t Assume!
Korean War Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. Today’s lesson in being a historical novelist is “Don’t…
Sunday Review: Dark Eyes by Nina Romano
In the Soviet Union of 1956, former ballerina Anya, who can no longer dance because of…
Sunday Review: The Reading by Barbara Monier
This is a novel about taking stock of one’s life—and perhaps finding the courage to jettison…
Sunday Review: The Social Graces by Renée Rosen
The Social Graces tells the story of the rivalry between two women, a generation apart, who…
Sunday Review: The Paris Bookseller by Kerry Maher
This historical novel tells the story of Sylvia Beach, founder and owner of the famous Shakespeare…
Sunday Review: Booth by Karen Joy Fowler
This is the first book of Fowler’s I’ve read, and I didn’t know what to expect.…
Sunday Review: The Diamond Eye by Kate Quinn
Kate Quinn’s latest novel is a World War II story with current relevance: it is about…
Sunday Review: Lady Odelia’s Secret by Jane Steen
I enjoyed the first novel in this series, so I was glad when I learned that…
Sunday Review: And by Fire by Evie Hawtrey
Evie Hawtrey’s debut And by Fire crackles with as much energy as a well-tended blaze, one…
Sunday Review: How to Knit a Murder by Sally Goldenbaum
I bought this audiobook because a) it was on sale, b) the setting looked interesting, c)…
Sunday Review: How the Deer Moon Hungers by Susan Wingate
The novel opens with a throat-grabbing scene narrated by the spirit of seven-year-old Tessa, who floats…
Sunday Review: Midnight at the Blackbird Cafe by Heather Webber
This novel is an enjoyable blend of Southern family saga meets magical realism. Anna Kate is…
Sunday Review: The Masterpiece by Fiona Davis
Fiona Davis specializes in writing historic fiction about well-known buildings in New York City, and I…
Sunday Review: Murder in Old Bombay by Nev March
This novel begins with an interesting premise: Captain Jim Agnihotri, an Anglo-Indian officer whose English father…
Sunday Review: Paris Never Leaves You by Ellen Feldman
For the most part, I’m weary of all the historical novels set during the world wars,…
Sunday Review: A Woman of Intelligence by Karin Tanabe
This novel seemed like an appropriate choice to follow up Stephanie Marie Thornton’s A Most Clever…
Sunday Review: A Most Clever Girl by Stephanie Marie Thornton
This historical novel is based on the life of Elizabeth Bentley, an American who was recruited…
Sunday Review: Broken Horses by Brandi Carlile
Because I am a novelist, I tend to read mostly fiction. However, my husband and I…
Sunday Review: Painting the Light by Sally Cabot Gunning
I was first drawn to this historical novel because it’s about an artist. As it turns…
Sunday Review: The Sentence by Louise Erdrich
I read this book because a friend strongly recommended it on Facebook, and while I’m not…
Sunday Review: Billy Summers by Stephen King
I don’t read horror fiction, so I’ve never read much by Stephen King. A few years ago,…
Sunday Review: The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
I have mixed feelings about this novel. On the one hand, I recognize its brilliance. On…