The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams

August 04, 2021

“Books aren’t always an escape; sometimes books teach us things. They show us the world; they don’t hide it.” Sara Nisha Adams’ debut novel, The Reading List shows us loneliness and grief and community and family and love. Although there...

Little Black Book by Kate Carlisle

July 07, 2021

Before discussing Kate Carlisle’s fifteenth Bibliophile mystery, Little Black Book, I wanted to praise the cover artist. Because I read a .PDF, I have no idea who Berkley picked for the artist, but this cover is just stunning, and details are so accurate, from...

The Lost Manuscript by Cathy Bonidan

February 07, 2021

Who do you give credit to when a novel in translation is beautiful and moving? Did I read Cathy Bonidan’s The Lost Manuscript? How much input did the translator, Emma Ramadan, have? I’ll never know, but kudos to both of them for the feelings this...

The Food & Books of Scotland

December 19, 2020

Many of us talk with Rosemary Kaye every week here on the blog, but I didn’t have a good introduction to post last time she wrote for us. Today, she’s written a fascinating piece about the food and related books of Scotland. So, I wanted to share the...

Ex Libris by Michiko Kakutani

December 12, 2020

Michiko Kakutani is the Pulitzer Prize-winning critic who is the former chief book critic for The New York Times. It’s always interesting to see the titles and authors someone picks for a book such as Ex Libris: 100+ Books to Read and Reread. I was pleased to...