Category: Books

The Pillow Book

I have a piece up at The Toast. It's a small homage to an amazing book from a thousand years …

I finished two nonfiction books yesterday. They were both very good and very thought-provoking, but they also made for a …

Just finished reading this excellent book; here's my review. BTW, I copied my review from my Goodreads page. Masha Gessen, …

I have just finished reading Marya Hornbacher's Wasted, about her lifelong struggle with anorexia and bulimia. Consider this: Hornbacher first …

I spent this past weekend being in love with The Emperor's Children. When I finally finished it on Monday, I …

I've started reading Claire Messud's The Emperor's Children, and so far I like it a lot. The main characters are …

Lydia Minotoya's The Strangeness of Beauty is making me think. I bought this book years ago in Berkeley, and have …