The School for Good Mothers by Jessamine Chan  - this book was so disturbing and also so powerful. What defines a "good mother" ...

  I'm back at it, reading and writing short notes on all the books (I hesitate to say "reviews" - more like a little comment o...

The books just keep coming, people, and we'll never catch up. There are always more books to read than hours in the day and I know every...

Oops, I didn't really read The Guncle this month. I read it....an indeterminate number of months ago and I forgot to record it. So it ne...

The Best Place on Earth by Ayelet Tsabari - I loved this short story collection, all about mizrahi Jews, mostly Yemeni. It was beautifully ...

  The Book of Jeremiah by Julie Zuckerman - I really liked this book of linked short stories about a guy named Jeremiah - and I think the b...

  Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro  - what is humanity? what does it mean to love? This is a lyrical book that explores those questions. ...