Estimated reading time: 4 minutes As I draft this review of Jason Matthews’ novel, Red Sparrow, a film based on the book is showing in theaters nationwide. I’ve decided not to view the movie. I can’t imagine that any screen adaptation, however skillful, could possibly do justice...
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Margaret Wilkerson Sexton opens her debut novel with a poignant quote from Edward P. Jones’ book of short stories, All Aunt Hagar’s Children: “They were the children of once-upon-a-time slaves, born into a kind of freedom, but they had traveled down through the wombs with what...
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Over the past twenty years, the Norwegian novelist and musician Jo Nesbø has been writing a series of crime thrillers featuring homicide detective Inspector Harry Hole of the Oslo police. More than 30 million copies of these novels have been sold worldwide, translated into over 40 languages....
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It was the event that introduced the word “pogrom” to the world outside Russia. Its name is little known elsewhere today, but among generations of Israelis and in the homes of many older Jews around the world, the murderous rampage that took place in the Eastern European city of...
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In just 145 pages, the Bolivian novelist Rodrigo Hasbún manages to portray a full-length novel’s cast of characters in vivid colors. Hasbún is recognized as one of Latin America’s leading young novelists. Affections, his second novel and third book, follows a German immigrant family in...
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Mysteries & Thrillers Tuesday includes my latest mystery and thriller book review,
with links to other science fiction content.
Nonfiction Wednesday includes my latest nonfiction book review,
with links to other nonfiction content.
The Weekly includes summaries and links to all the previous week’s three to five book reviews, including some that don’t appear in any of the other newsletters.
Mysteries & Thrillers Tuesday includes my latest mystery and thriller book review, with links to other science fiction content.
Nonfiction Wednesday includes my latest nonfiction book review, with links to other nonfiction content.
The Weekly includes summaries and links to all the previous week’s three to five book reviews, including some that don’t appear in any of the other newsletters.