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Newsletter #310

October 18, 2021

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4 books featured in this issue

Cover of Hardly Haunted

Hardly Haunted

by Jessie Sima

MADE-UP Phinney Kids by Post #70

Cobwebs? Check. Creaky doors? Check. Squeaky stairs, rattling pipes, flickering lights? Check, check, and check. What house wants to be haunted, because who would want to live in a haunted house? Well... (Tom)

Cover of The Book of Form and Emptiness

The Book of Form and Emptiness

by Ruth Ozeki

MADE-UP

Annabelle and her son Benny have a lot to deal with, emotionally and otherwise. Her hold on her job is tenuous while her accumulating piles of stuff have a choking grip on their household; he's suffer... (James)

Cover of The Fortnight in September

The Fortnight in September

by R.C. Sherriff

MADE-UP Phinney by Post #82

The story of this lovely novel is simple: will the Stevenses, a lower-middle-class family of five from the outskirts of London, enjoy their holidays? It's no small matter: their two weeks at the seasi... (Tom)

Cover of The Last Taxi Driver

The Last Taxi Driver

by Lee Durkee

MADE-UP

Have you ever, from desperation or inertia, had a job so terrible that, perhaps most terribly, caught you in a trap of service and subsistence that left you no choice but to wake up and do it again? L... (Tom)

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