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Recommended by: Loved Susan Palwick’s first book Flying in Place The Necessary Beggar begins with a flurry of long hyphenated names and fantastical pronouncements. “It’s an allegory,” I told myself, and kept reading. The story soon descends into grimness at a US internment camp, but does not lose its fairy tale tone. Even at [...] Some 30 years ago, I picked up an unassuming paperback copy of Patricia McKillip’s “The Riddle-Master of Hed” at a library book sale. When I finished it, I held the closed book in my hands, paused, then turned to the first page to begin again. I’ve been a fan of that series, and of [...] Subtitle: Yet Another Troll-Fighting 11-Year-Old Orthodox Jewish Girl Recommended by: Barry Deutsch’s Alas, A Blog A graphic novel set in an Orthodox Jewish town called Hereville, in a blended family with many girls and one little brother. The facial expressions and other details in the drawings are captivating – I read the book twice and noticed a [...] Recommended by: emilytheslayer on LiveJournal because Nisi Shawl is one of WisCon’s 2011 guests of honor “Filter House” is a collection of fantasy and science fiction short stories, written with exquisite integrity. I felt safe in the author’s hands as she portrays people of color, people of size, people with disabilities and other marginalized groups as [...] Recommended by: Marissa Lingen The title sounded familiar and I thought I read it as a child, but the story itself didn’t ring any bells. Published in 1957, the book features two half-grown kids interacting with two elderly people living in abandoned summer homes, surrounded by lots of nature and lots of kindness. Portia visits her cousin [...] Recommended by: Spirituality Bookgroup. This novel about convention, betrayal, growing up, and finding center is filled with wisdom and grace. Ronit grew up in a tiny, insular Jewish Orthodox congregation within London. She is the rebellious daughter of their revered Rabbi. Aided by her father’s sending her to an American university, she has escaped [...] Subtitled “A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage,” this is a sequel to Eat, Pray, Love. I was expecting an exploration of emotional commitment as detailed as the exploration of transformation, self-discovery, and healing in Eat, Pray, Love. Instead, Committed documents the political institution of marriage. In Linchpin, Seth Godin mentions that Elizabeth Gilbert printed out [...] Recommended by: Reading Barbara Kingsolver’s past books. “The Lacuna” is both epic and personal, ranging across countries and decades and historic events, and also documenting the details of a child’s life. The point-of-view character, Harrison William Shepherd, is unwanted by his father and only haphazardly cared for by his alcoholic self-centered mother. The book starts [...] Recommended by: a friend in Tifton, GA. Janie Hopwood creates a colorful panorama of characters and events in this historical novel about her grandmother Rena Beck’s boarding house. When Rena Beck’s husband died, leaving her a house but nothing else, she decided to take in boarders in order to provide for herself and her three unmarried [...] Recommended by: childhood memories After reading Finn Family Moomintroll recently, I was inspired to seek out Moominland Midwinter, which I also vaguely remembered from childhood. It’s a quick read, and contrasts quite a bit with the earlier book. The mood is bleaker, as befits a northern winter, and the relationships between characters are more superficial and troubled. [...] |
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