book-review

26
Mar

Ivy and Bean: What's the Big Idea?

Annie Barrows · ★★★★ I'm still working through the series with my daughter and this one is written in a
1 min read
26
Mar
The Forgotten Door

The Forgotten Door

Alexander Key · ★★★★ I'm too young to have any nostalgia for this one. In fact, I never knew it
1 min read
16
Mar
The First Four Books of Poems

The First Four Books of Poems

W.S. Merwin · ★★★ I guess I just wanted to start at the beginning. What I found is an understandably uneven
2 min read
16
Mar
The Trees

The Trees

Percival Everett · ★★★★★ Prompted by the film American Fiction, which I really enjoyed, I decided to pick up an Everett book
1 min read
16
Mar
Dead Souls

Dead Souls

Nikolai Gogol · ★★★★★ I finally got a chance to find out why Gogol's work is called a masterpiece. There&
16
Mar
Prairie, Dresses, Art, Other

Prairie, Dresses, Art, Other

Danielle Dutton · ★★★★★ I am floored by this innovative and inspiring collection from Dutton. Her prose moves me as though by
16
Mar
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Ben Lerner · ★★ While I can recognize and even appreciate this novel, intellectually, and while I see Lerner dazzling with formal
1 min read
16
Mar
The Mountain Lion

The Mountain Lion

Jean Stafford · ★★★★★ Little did I know, when I decided to start reading this book, that I was about to discover
1 min read
16
Mar
Amsterdam Stories

Amsterdam Stories

Nescio · ★★★★★ My introduction to Nescio's work, which I found as brilliant as it was concise. I loved his
16
Mar
The Transmigration of Bodies

The Transmigration of Bodies

Yuri Herrera · ★★★ Second Yuri Herrera after Signs Preceding the End of the World. So far what I can gather about
1 min read