Books I loved in 2024

In 2024 I read about 64 books--that is, I wrote about 64 books in my monthly roundups, not counting a few books I reread and some that I read for classwork, which feels like a substantively different kind of engagement to me. These were the ones I loved the best. Cracking good stories I just… Continue reading Books I loved in 2024

Reading Roundup: January 2024

Terrace Story by Hilary Leichter. This is exactly the sort of read I wanted to kick off the new year: short, moody, a hint of magic in the mundane. The title story was originally published in Harper's and won a fiction prize, and it is still a perfect modern fairy tale: mysterious, wonderful, bleak. The… Continue reading Reading Roundup: January 2024