As I was doing research for my first series of novels, I came across a Russian article about the Cossacks and how much they …
The Ocean at the End of the Lane
The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman My rating: 4 of 5 stars This book shows why fairy tales will never grow old. …
How Dante Can Save Your Life
How Dante Can Save Your Life: The Life-Changing Wisdom of History's Greatest Poem by Rod Dreher My rating: 4 of 5 stars I've …
The Shadowed Sun
The Shadowed Sun by N.K. Jemisin My rating: 4 of 5 stars The Shadowed Sun continues where The Killing Moon left off, but ten …
The Killing Moon
The Killing Moon by N.K. Jemisin My rating: 5 of 5 stars "A myth, I repeat myself, is nothing but our active relationship with …
The Fell Sword
The Fell Sword by Miles Cameron My rating: 4 of 5 stars As pleasant as it was to read The Red Knight for its unabashed love of …
City of Stairs
City of Stairs by Robert Jackson Bennett My rating: 3 of 5 stars This book is starting to get a lot of award buzz after being …
Station Eleven
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel My rating: 1 of 5 stars I was excited to read this. As I understand it, …
The Red Knight
The Red Knight by Miles Cameron My rating: 4 of 5 stars Chivalry is oddly in vogue these days. The ideals of the Code of …
A Tale of the Tsar and a Sable
About two years ago, my dear wife—then my fiancée—and I were preparing for the worst of all fates—a four-month-long separation …
Death in Venice
Death in Venice by Thomas Mann My rating: 5 of 5 stars These last few months I've been glutted with bad fiction. Fiction so …
Delusional Lovers of Beauty
“Sit down, make yourself comfortable. Let me tell you a story.” This is what the paintings of Evgenii Mukovnin seem to say to …
The Writing Life by Annie Dillard
The Writing Life by Annie Dillard My rating: 5 of 5 stars You are what you read. I didn't make that up, and more …