Hailstone Mountain (The Erling Skjalgsson Saga) by Lars Walker
I generally try to read anything by Lars Walker as I find him to be a skilled and interesting writer. This includes his historical fiction (a genre I am not a b...
Tag: Fiction
My Brother's Book by Maurice Sendak
I think most of this very short book just went over my head. I'm not real knowledgeable about his life or the literature and art from which it seems to draw it...
The Golem and the Jinni trailer
Need to add The Golem and the Jinni to the TBR pile:
Angelopolis (Angelology #2) by Danielle Trussoni
Obviously fans of the series will be looking for the next book but this one has the weakness that so many second books in series seem to have: interesting chara...
The Testament of Mary by Colm Tóibín
As a vignette meditating on a suffering mother there are some interesting sections but the book as a whole left me cold. Perhaps my faith played a role but I wo...
After the Fall by Victoria Roberts
What struck me was the personality - the author's, the character's, the setting's. With few words and some simple illustrations Roberts quickly and effortlessl...