2021-02-28 23:09
In this novel there are two competing factions of elevator inspectors—the Empiricists and the Intuitionists. The Empiricists examine the machinery visually, whereas the Intuition… Read More
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2021-02-24 08:00
Isidore Auberon is a good man who dies too young, leaving behind two young sons and a heartbroken wife. Leo is the older of the sons and the main subject of this novel. He is muc… Read More
2021-02-17 08:00
Ayad Akhtar blurs the line here between memoir and fiction, and I have no idea which parts of this novel are true. The writing is superb, and Akhtar gives us a peak into the soul of an… Read More
2021-02-10 08:00
I read Doctor Zhivagoin preparation for reading this novel about author Boris Pasternak. However, that step really was not necessary. I did not love Pasternak’s novel, and… Read More
2021-02-07 23:24
What’s with Russian authors and characters committing suicide by throwing themselves in front of a train? In this case, the suicide is that of the title character’s father… Read More
2021-02-03 08:30
The Adler family is moving from New York to Los Angeles, but their plane crashes en route. After the initial jolt that this book delivers, it bogs down a bit. Twelve-year-old Edd… Read More
2021-01-27 08:00
Candace Chen is one of the few New York survivors—so far—of a deadly pandemic caused by a fungus. This novel has a before-and-after timeline. In the present, Candace… Read More
2021-01-20 08:00
A Kate Atkinson spy novel? What’s not to love? Plucky eighteen-year-old Juliet Armstrong interviews for a job in 1940 as a typist for MI5. Her interviewer asks her wh… Read More
2021-01-18 22:50
I am a huge fan of the Jackson Brodie novels, and, although I enjoyed this one, I did not think it was as good as the previous two. There’s just not enough Brodie and witty bante… Read More
2021-01-17 22:52
I love Kate Atkinson’s Jackson Brodie novels, but her other stuff, not so much. This novel is narrated by Ruby Lennox and charts her life from conception, no less. It also… Read More
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