For The Book Obsessed
[ad_1] I grew up in a Wisconsin town that, at its peak density, topped 700 residents. Throughout my childhood, I raised sheep to show at the county fair and listened to old country music, something I still do today although I often don’t admit it. I have a deep and genuine love for Wisconsin, for … Read more
[ad_1] John Muir had a knack for, more than a century ago, making observations that are more pointed in our time than they were in his. “Few places in this world are more dangerous than home,” he once noted. “Fear not, therefore, to try the mountain passes. They will kill care, save you from deadly apathy, … Read more
[ad_1] When I was a kid, we moved every year as we followed my father’s work. My mother packed up and unpacked more places than I can count. But one of the ways that she made that transition easier for my brothers and me was to find each new city’s local library and take us … Read more
[ad_1] Life is hard right now, especially given the encouragement to isolate and avoid large public gatherings. We all certainly need an escape from the real world, but that is becoming increasingly difficult when we are encouraged to stay home and avoid spreading sickness, rather than going out to enjoy a movie or have a … Read more
[ad_1] Did you binge your way through The Witcher (once, maybe twice…) on Netflix? Over at Penguin Teen, we couldn’t get enough of Geralt of Rivia, Yennefer of Vengerberg, and the engrossing fantasy world they live in. If you’re as eager for season two as we are (and impatiently waiting for them to start on production … Read more
[ad_1] Amidst a pandemic, many of the most wealthy and powerful Americans continue to value the vitality of the economy over the vitality of humanity. We know this is nothing new. America’s legacy is founded on a willingness to fatally exploit and ignore marginalized communities for profit, all the while erasing the evidence of heinous … Read more
[ad_1] The nature of the book review cycle means excellent books often disappear once the initial press subsides. Book coverage tends to focus on either what’s new (through interviews, reviews and events) or canonized classics. As such, many books fall into a middle-ground of not being quite new but not being old enough for canon … Read more
[ad_1] Ever since Emily St. John Mandel published her last novel, Station Eleven, in September of 2014, the world has been waiting with baited breath for her next work of fiction. But I’m so happy to report that we don’t have the wait any longer! The Glass Hotel is an exhilarating novel set at the glittering … Read more
[ad_1] Carmen Boullosa’s The Book of Anna begins with an unexploded bomb, or rather, one that fizzles out, “like an old man farting.” The anarchist seamstress Clementine has smuggled an explosive device onto a tram in St. Petersburg by hiding it in a bundle of rags and rocking it like a baby. The date is … Read more
[ad_1] There are many different kinds of magic. Any novelist gets to choose what kind or kinds to incorporate in the stories we tell. In the new historical fantasy novel The Glass Magician, Caroline Stevermer incorporates stage magic from the golden age of vaudeville with a more mystical, inventive system of transformative magic, and the … Read more