Today, I’m pleased to be taking part in the Diana Wynne Jones March / March Magics event, hosted once more this year by We Be Reading. I offered to write a post on Three Diana Wynne Jones Books You Need to Read Right Now, a topic I’ve been thinking about for some time, and Kristen […]
This week I was honored to be chosen as a Featured Blogger by Kate of Parchment Girl! She asked me lots of fun questions about my favorite books, authors, movies, music, food, and more, and made it all look so attractive and inviting with her great sense of visual style. Here’s the full interview at […]
Review of the Month: I Capture the Castle I’ve decided to start off my Link Love posts by highlighting a favorite review I’ve found elsewhere. This month it’s an insightful post about I Capture the Castle at the blog majoring in literature. Like all the best reviews, it makes me want to read this favorite […]
The fall issue of Shiny New Books came out this week, and as usual there are so many tempting titles to explore…it’s going to keep me busy for some time. In the blowing my own horn department, I had two pieces included: Suspense with Style: The Novels of Mary Stewart is in the BookBuzz section. […]
To celebrate Women in Translation Month, today I’m highlighting a piece I did earlier this summer for Shiny New Books, in which I reviewed two classics by Swedish author Astrid Lindgren that are now available in lovely new editions from the New York Review Children’s Collection. Lindgren is one of the world’s most-translated authors, but […]
It’s that time again — time for another issue of Shiny New Books, filled with glorious temptation. This time around, I contributed a review of two Astrid Lindgren reissues: Seacrow Island and Mio My Son, both from the New York Review Children’s Collection. These lesser-known classics from the author of Pippi Longstocking deserve a second […]
Today, I’m thrilled to be part of the Socratic Salon discussion of A God in Ruins by Kate Atkinson. This newly released companion novel to Atkinson’s brilliant Life After Life offers a different perspective on the tragic events of the Second World War, with mixed results for some readers. In our discussion a range […]
Today, I’m over at Bookish Illuminations as part of a two-week celebration of “Books that we fell in love with.” What a great idea for Valentine’s Day! I’m talking about Beauty by Robin McKinley, one of my very favorite fairy tale retellings. Please check it out, and be sure to visit all the posts from […]
Today marks the publication of Issue Three of Shiny New Books, which, if you haven’t yet encountered it, is a terrific online quarterly put together by four UK-based bloggers, featuring the best new fiction, non-fiction, and reprints. I’m thrilled to have two of my reviews included in this issue! I got to share my enthusiasm […]
Today, I’m over at Lost Generation Reader with an “Austen in August” guest post on illustrated Jane Austen editions! I hope you’ll check it out. Two favorite illustrations from the new Folio Pride and Prejudice