Book Review

Aliens: The Three-Body Problem and Humanity’s Greatest Test

Would aliens divide or unite us?

Things I Learned from the Series, “Before the Coffee Gets Cold”

This is my bookworm introduction to…

the pleasure of reading fiction

Searching for the aspects of fiction texts which make reading…

how to read and understand Chekhov?

Explaining the main features of Chekhov’s poetics which can help…

Why You Should Read Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking

Malcolm Gladwell’s book about how to…

the key to understanding Nabokov’s fiction

In this post, I describe the main features of Nabokov’s…

Haiti + U.S. + Voodoo = What Could Go Wrong?

Ben Fountain’s second novel takes us to a country we…

If on a Winter’s Night a Traveller Sits Down to Tell a Story

‘The first sensation this book should convey is what I…

Book Review, Veronica Llorca-Smith

Book Review: The Flight Home

A Must Read From…

Here, Have Another 2023 Year-end Book List!

A return to the 1990s, some classics and one for Cal grads