So far. Seriously, the year isn’t over yet – these details matter when you’re a person who keeps track of how many books you read in a calendar year – but on the off-chance you’re looking for gift ideas (or presents to yourself; no judgment!), I’ve managed to put this list together on time this year. And [...]
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If it’s sometimes difficult to describe the novels of Luis Alberto Urrea, it’s because they are always woven so completely with rich writing and absorbing plots that the reader can’t help but feel transported, as if on a magic carpet, or some other ambulatory textile. This was true of Urrea’s 2005 novel, The Hummingbird’s Daughter [...]
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Written as an epistolary novel, Where’d You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple is hate mail to Seattle that somehow got lost on its way and turned into a love letter to a hilariously complex woman. Compiled by her brilliant and precocious daughter, Bee, this is above all the story of a daughter’s tender love for her [...]
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