The book’s summary made it sound like there was going to be a lot more intrigue and many more characters. It talks about how one incident impacts generations of these two families but, really, it’s just the parents at their children. So from the get-go, this is not a “generational novel” (like Salt Houses which, yes, I am still going on about). It’s just a drama. It is set in Virginia but it starts in California so it’s completely okay if you’re confused on that at […]
Utterly addicting
I blew through this book in less than a day (a WORK DAY) because oh my god I could not put it down. It is addicting, like, Big Little Lies addicting, in the good way. They’re making this into a movie with Cate Blanchett in the lead and oh. my. god. I cannot wait. This is another one where the premise sounds utterly inane. The titular Bernadette is a woman with high anxiety (along with a host of other issues), living in suburban Seattle with her […]
I need to go back to school
One of the most wonderful things about the public library is the deliciously broad catalog it offers. There are so many books I would never have encountered, and I would be less for it. I tend to prefer genre fiction (sci fi and fantasy) and prefer the welcoming ease of young adult over challenging myself in my “me” time. But the library? I have to wait so long and then they’re only available for a short time and that creates this awesome urgency that means […]
Just as good as you remember
I think it’s been twenty years or more since I last read this book. I remember this book being an absolutely pivotal one in my childhood, opening wide the doors of fantasy to a little girl who had never seen herself in the hero’s role before. This was still a few years before Hermione Granger would forever change my world, but Meg Murray, Mrs Which, Mrs Who, and Mrs Whatsit (and even Aunt Beast!) were pivotal in my development as a reader. It was also […]