Outside A Dog

Every so often I come across books like Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson that make me wish I was back in school while reading it so that I could have that “Aha!” moment when someone explains everything that I’m obviously missing. Don’t get me wrong, this is a beautifully written book, but maybe I just [...]

I picked up copy of Women Of The Night by Martin Greenberg on a recent excursion to my local B&N.  At first, it only received a cursury passing glance.  As I made my rounds through the sci-fi / fantasy section, I thought about it a little more.  ‘Women of the night’ could mean either prostitutes [...]

Having adored her earlier novel, Snow Flower and the Secret Fan [which was given to me by my dear Rachael], I was pretty eager to pick up Peony In Love by Lisa See. Peony is the coddled daughter of a wealthy seventeenth-century Hangzhou family, and shortly before her arranged marriage, she sneaks off to [...]

Woo! Last book for January is Promise Not To Tell by Jennifer McMahon. Kate Cypher narrates this ghost story set in two whens: in 1971, Kate’s best friend in fifth grade is murdered, and in 2002 — on the night Kate returns to her hometown after years away — another young girl is killed in [...]

Oh, and I tried to read Succubus In The City by Nina Harper, and my advice to you is this: don’t do it! Not unless you’re into designer name-dropping in every other sentence, NYC native snobbery and vapid, catty characters. Harper seems to be going for “Sex and the City” with a [...]