Tag: Books about books
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Favorite Books of the 2010s: The Night Ocean by Paul La Farge
This is a series of reviews of my favorite books published between 2010 and 2019. The Night Ocean by Paul La Farge (2017) When Marina’s husband, Charles, checks out of the mental hospital after having a breakdown and disappears with only his clothes left behind at the shore of a lake, she retraces his footsteps in…
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Favorite Books of the 2010s: Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan
This is a series of reviews of my favorite books published between 2010 and 2019. Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan (2012) Is there a genre for nerdy guy chick-lit? Because that’s what this is, basically. And it’s well done for what it is: light-hearted, optimistic, fun. In tone and in its obvious reverence for…
Shannon Turlington 