The Scholl Case: The Deadly End of a Marriage
Review This wasn’t just a book about a murder—it was a cautionary tale about marriage. The Scholls are a textbook example of why communication and compromise are the lifeblood of…
Woodworm
Review Nothing thrills me more than discovering a new favorite book, and Woodworm easily tops the list of books I've read this year. Woodworm follows a cursed family of women,…
My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness
Review I have had my eye on this manga since its initial release, but had held off on reading it. I don't know why I didn't pick it up until…
The Memory Police
Review The Memory Police is one of the most disorienting and haunting novels that I had ever read. It felt like watching a black and white movie on a projector…
Auschwitz: True Tales From a Grotesque Land
Review Today I want to take a moment to note the significance of this month because we are coming up on the 74th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, a…
Black Fairy Tale
Review Black Fairy Tale is a bizarre story, full stop, it is the thought that kept circling my mind as I read the novel and especially when I finished. What…
The Boy in the Earth
Review The Boy in the Earth is pitch black noir novel about the aftershocks of trauma. The narrator is a depressed taxi driver drifting through life in a constant state…
Penance
Review When I began reading I had expected a violent revenge story, but what I got was much darker and more insidious. Penance explores grief, guilt, the different ways that…
Audition
Review Audition may just be one of the fastest reads I've had all year, finishing in just under 24 hours. The story follows an aging widower named Aoyama, who holds…
The Perfect Nanny
Review I really struggled to put my thoughts together on this book, partially because The Perfect Nanny was not what I had expected and one of the more unique stories…