Newsletter #409

The short essays in this short book struck a chord with me as a nature lover and a Pacific Northwesterner and a parent of a young feral child and an avid reader of books and a writer of words. I expec... (Anika)

As Liz, who loved this book too—it was her second-favorite Booker nominee last year—said to me before I read it, it's not doing anything that hasn't been done before, with its plot of adultery and sub... (Tom)

“I'd assumed I would step into the role naturally since the role itself was natural, was nature. But nothing felt natural about this." At Yesteryear Ranch, Natalie Heller Mills has constructed the pe... (Shane)

David Nicholls's latest novel is wonderful company if you enjoy a good, long hike and a slow-burn romance. Marnie is a 38-year-old divorcee who is nearly agoraphobic since becoming a self-employed cop... (Anika)