With a collection of diary entries ranging from 2003 to 2020, David Sedaris is back and better than ever as an essayist and humorist. I’ve read several of Sedaris’ other books, including When You Are Engulfed in Flames and Me Talk Pretty One Day.… Continue reading
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When his novel All The Light We Cannot See was published, Anthony Doerr established himself as a master of the non-linear narrative. His newest release, Cloud Cuckoo Land, showcases the exact same type of mastery, but with higher stakes this time—five characters, five complex points of view.… Continue reading
Claire Keegan’s novella Small Things Like These is centered on Bill Furlong, a coal merchant preparing for the holiday season in a secluded Irish town during the winter of 1985. With a wife and five daughters to support, Bill has long focused on remaining credible with his fellow townsfolk by maintaining a reliable business.… Continue reading
When Halloween came around, I was looking for a book that would spook me without dipping too far into the realm of blood and gore, and let me tell you—this book hit the mark. Tana French builds an investigation of a young girl’s murder around an enigmatic detective duo, one of whom is harboring a soul-eating secret: as a child, two of his friends disappeared from the very same wood and have never been found.… Continue reading
A Review of Patrick Radden Keefe’s Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
Motivated to expand my historical knowledge of the sectarian tension and violence that plagued Northern Ireland in the late 20th century, I excitedly grabbed this book and flew it up to my Boston apartment (where a sizable population of Irish people resides, I might add).… Continue reading
