Author Archives: Teresa

Green Grass, Running Water

Posted on February 25, 2015

Is it possible to enjoy a book you don’t understand? I think it is. I certainly enjoyed Green Grass, Running Water by Thomas King, but there’s a lot of it that I didn’t understand. The novel blends the stories of … Continue reading →

Posted in Fiction, Speculative Fiction | 6 Comments

The Toll-Gate

Posted on February 16, 2015

I needed something cheerful to read this weekend, so I decided to turn to one of the Georgette Heyer novels languishing on my bookshelves. I’d previously read A Civil Contract and Cotillion and found them utterly delightful. The Toll-Gate was … Continue reading →

Posted in Fiction, Historical Fiction | 22 Comments

Dreaming Spies

Posted on February 13, 2015

The publication of a new Mary Russell novel is always a source of celebration. I’ve been following this series by Laurie King since its early days, shortly before the publication of the fifth book in 1999, and I remain impressed … Continue reading →

Posted in Fiction, Historical Fiction, Mysteries | 13 Comments

Dept of Speculation

Posted on February 9, 2015

It’s an ordinary story. A woman meets a man. They fall in love. They get married. They have a baby. And then… Colic, bedbugs, head lice … and all the other ordinary annoyances of life. The unnamed narrator of this … Continue reading →

Posted in Contemporary, Fiction | 11 Comments

Belinda

Posted on February 8, 2015

Maria Edgeworth is perhaps best known to readers today as one of the authors who influenced Jane Austen. Belinda is mentioned in Austen’s Northanger Abbey, and fans of Pride and Prejudice may well recognize a bit of Elizabeth Bennett in … Continue reading →

Posted in Classics, Fiction | 17 Comments

As We Are Now

Posted on February 4, 2015

At the end of this short novel by May Sarton, I knew a few things about Caroline Spencer’s time at the Twin Elms rest home. I knew that Caro was miserable there. I knew the care she and other residents … Continue reading →

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The Deliverance

Posted on February 2, 2015

I wish I could remember where I heard of this book. I suspect that I saw a blog post or article somewhere about its author, Ellen Glasgow, and decided to try this book because of its subtitle, “A Romance of … Continue reading →

Posted in Classics, Fiction | 4 Comments

Tenth of December

Posted on January 28, 2015

One of the things I’ve come to appreciate about short stories is the way they give authors room to play with an idea without having to fully flesh it out or offer a full-fledged plot. Sometimes just a glimpse of … Continue reading →

Posted in Contemporary, Fiction, Short Stories/Essays, Speculative Fiction | 8 Comments

January Essays: The Deal Me in Challenge

Posted on January 25, 2015

As I mentioned earlier this month, I decided to make my way through The Art of the Personal Essay, edited by Phillip Lopate, by participating in the Deal Me in Challenge. I’ve assigned each essayist in the book a playing … Continue reading →

Posted in Nonfiction, Short Stories/Essays | 3 Comments

An Untamed State

Posted on January 24, 2015

It was over 100 degrees out in Haiti on the day Mireille Duval Jameson and her husband Michael packed up their son Christophe to take him to the beach for the first time. Just moments after the gates of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Contemporary, Fiction | 10 Comments