Fiction
Novel: Dinosaurs by Lydia Millet
Lydia Millet is nothing if not versatile, and Dinosaurs (2022) shows her in my favorite mode: a contemporary setting,…
December 26, 2022-
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Fantasy, FictionThe Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel
I read Emily St. John Mandel’s The Glass Hotel (2020) so quickly I had to force myself to slow…
September 12, 2020 -
Fiction, Science FictionNovel: A Children’s Bible by Lydia Millet
Lydia Millet has firmly ensconced herself in my highest echelon of favorite writers, and A Children’s Bible (2020) —…
August 29, 2020 -
FictionCollection: Fight No More by Lydia Millet
Regular visitors to this site may be familiar with my fondness for the writing of Lydia Millet, a Pulitzer-nominated…
March 2, 2020 -
FictionNovel: Omnivores by Lydia Millet
Lydia Millet’s debut novel, Omnivores (1996), came out quite some time ago, but I’m glad I’m reading it now;…
February 14, 2019 -
FictionNovel: My Happy Life by Lydia Millet
Lydia Millet is so entrenched in the ranks of my favorite authors that I’m a little surprised it’s taken…
July 27, 2017 -
Fantasy, FictionNovel: Sweet Lamb of Heaven by Lydia Millet
It’s tempting to say Lydia Millet’s done it again with her novel Sweet Lamb of Heaven (2016), but that…
May 30, 2016 -
Fantasy, FictionNovel: Mermaids in Paradise by Lydia Millet
For a while now I’ve been enjoying the way Lydia Millet mixes clever satire, environmental themes, sociopolitical commentary about…
December 23, 2014 -
Fiction, Science FictionNovel: Pills and Starships by Lydia Millet
I wouldn’t classify Lydia Millet’s wonderful adult novels as full-bore speculative fiction, but they do edge into that territory…
July 1, 2014 -
FictionNovel: We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler
Insightful, witty, and moving, We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves (2013) by Karen Joy Fowler is a beautifully written…
October 21, 2013 -
FictionCollection: Love in Infant Monkeys by Lydia Millet
Lydia Millet’s Love in Infant Monkeys (2009) is an interesting project, a themed collection of ten short stories, each…
September 9, 2013 -
FictionNovel: Magnificence by Lydia Millet
Magnificence (2012) by Lydia Millet is the funny, moving, and insightful conclusion to the trilogy begun with How the…
March 29, 2013 -
FictionNovel: Ghost Lights by Lydia Millet
Man, can Lydia Millet ever write. Ghost Lights (2011) is the sequel to her brilliant novel How the Dead…
June 30, 2012 -
Fiction, Film, Music, Television, Website500 Posts!
If you had told me three years ago that I would have gotten this blog to 500 posts, I…
January 28, 2012 -
FictionNovel: How the Dead Dream by Lydia Millet
If you even remotely have an environmentalist bone in your body, believe me: moving to Los Angeles will fully…
December 14, 2011