The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski

I don’t care much for dogs. I think of ghosts, tornadoes and fires as cheapshot plot devices. I can’t quite believe that a kid can be mute but not deaf. And I loved The Story of Edgar Sawtelle, which features a mute-but-not-deaf hero, lots of dogs, talking (!) ghosts, a tornado, and a fire as the finale. Go [...]

House Lights: A Novel by Leah Hager Cohen

Here’s my first try at a not-so-good review. I did not like House Lights, the story of a would-be actress with a psychiatrist father with a history of sexual harassment (of other people, not her.) I found myself rooting for the father in an attempt to escape the self-centered, spoiled outlook of the daughter who imperiously [...]