Category: Reviews
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New Review: The Long Version by Petra Hulova
I’ve got a new review up at Reading in Translation this morning. I do highly recommend The Long Version by Petra Hulova, translated by Alex Zucker—so much so that I sent a link to this review to the group text with my high school friends. So, like, a real recommendation.
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Readings for October 2026
I finished quite a few books this month; most of them were short, but one was very long and dense. One was not great, two were rereads of books I love. Two were for review, none are going to be popular with people who like crime fiction or romantasy. Let’s go!
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Review: Montaigne by Stefan Zweig
I grabbed a review copy of Montaigne by Stefan Zweig, published by Pushkin Press Classics, with barely a thought for my choice. I’d not read anything by Zweig, though he was prolific before his death by suicide in 1942 and his body of work seems like the kind of literature I would like. I’ve only…
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New Review in Necessary Fiction
A quick little post this morning to let you all know that I have a new book review published in Necessary Fiction this morning. I read–and surprisingly liked–Book of Hours by Ellen O’Connell Whittet. Why surprisingly? Because it is a book about infertility, pregnancy, and childbirth, none of which I have experienced or am even…
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Review: The Book of I, by David Grieg
But I did really like The Book of I by David Grieg. It’s set in the far north of England during the Middle Ages, which is a longtime interest of mine. These are the years when the Vikings were viking, and they come for this abbey. There is a slaughter (c.f.: Vikings), but young Martin…