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Thank you NetGalley and Antepost for the review copy of Stefania Lucchetti’s newest poetry collection “Blind Corners.” I have been a fan of Stefania Lucchetti since I read her collection “Coffee Stains On My Books.” This is her third collection that I have read, and so far my favorite. In her introduction, Lucchetti says, “We…
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Thank you NetGalley and Lyons Press for the ARC of Melanie Gall’s “Fire Witch,” a biography of the actress Kate Claxton. I was not familiar with Kate Claxton or the Brooklyn Theatre inferno prior to this book. The synopsis caught my attention, and I wanted to know if, like the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, the…
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Thank you NetGalley and Kensington Publishing for the review copy of “The Lost Spectacular” by Zoe Duhaime. I really wanted to love this book. With a premise that seemed related to “The Starless Sea,” I thought the magic of characters jumping between works of literature and art would be enchanting. The idea is, but the…
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Thank you NetGalley and Kensington Publishing for the review copy of “Beyond the Graves Waits Mist and Sea” by Kathleen Kaufman. I have read quite a few books with the theme of an outsider coming to an isolated community and finding the urge to come in and be accepted, some better than others. This one…
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Thank you NetGalley and Blackstone Publishing for the review copy of “Little Kin” by Katya de Becerra. While the premise of this book wasn’t highly original: outsider arrives in remote/closed off society/town and feels a connection/familiarity and deeply wishes to fit in and belong, every writer puts their own spin on the idea, and the…
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Thank you NetGalley and Little, Brown and Company for the review copy of Naomi Alderman’s book “The Strangers.” “The Strangers” is such an interesting, thoughtful, quirky book. I really enjoyed it. I have only read one other of Alderman’s books, “The Power,” but based off this I am going to check out more of her…
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Thank you NetGalley and Little, Brown Books for Young Readers for the review copy of the incomparable Nikita Gill’s book “Styx.” It is greatly appreciated! Thank you NetGalley and Little, Brown Books for Young Readers for the review copy of the incomparable Nikita Gill’s book “Styx.” It is greatly appreciated! Nikita Gill never disappoints. She…
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Thank you NetGalley and Sibylline Press for the review copy of Claire McDougall’s “Song of the Selkie.” The premise of this book sounded very interesting: a family drama in which each of the siblings comes into their own in relation to their shared past (think “the Shell Seekers” or “The Story Sisters.”) Instead, it is…
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Thank you NetGalley and Getty Publications for the ARC of Mary G. Morton’s “Cassatt Reconsidered.” I have always admired Mary Cassatt’s work; I find it beautiful and moving, and I feel that her portraits have a kind of mystery to them. I always wonder what her subjects were thinking as she painted them. Her painting…
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Thank you NetGalley and Scribner for the ARC of “Otherwhere” by Carolyn Forché. Carolyn Forché’s “Otherwhere” is a difficult book to read. Not because of her style or the composition of the poems, but because the subjects are so weighty with pain and sorrow, with suffering and injustice and inhumanity. These poems discuss living through…
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