What We’re Reading
March 22, 2012
The Return to the Nest Syndrome
Growing up is terrifying. No one told me when I was a wee young thing that once I hit 21, gone would be the days of sleeping past noon, purchasing frivolous items …
January 25, 2012
What We’re Reading: Why We Broke Up by Daniel Handler
When I was a kid, my dad–a doctor–worked insane hours, as doctors are wont to do. When he was home, our time together primarily consisted of his reading to me and my …
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January 23, 2012
What We’re Reading: The Orphan Master’s Son by Adam Johnson
North Koreans have only seven options of government-approved hair cuts. They have loudspeakers in their homes that relay government propaganda 24/7 (“The Inuit people are a tribe of isolated savages that live …
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December 12, 2011
Algonquin Staff Picks of 2011
2011 was definitely a banner year for books. For this year’s roundup of our favorites, many of us selected Kevin Wilson’s hilarious and brilliant novel, The Family Fang. (Kevin, come back and …
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December 8, 2011
What We’re Reading: Crafting with Cat Hair
A few weeks ago, my Facebook feed lit up with links to a new book called Crafting with Cat Hair. Originally published in Japan, Crafting with Cat Hair was translated by Amy …
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December 5, 2011
Algonquin Authors Pick Their Favorite Books of 2011 (Part 1)
Tayari Jones, author of Silver Sparrow The Love Wife by Gish Jen: This novel takes us to the heart of the most complicated–and a complicating–American family. It broke my heart and then …
October 3, 2011
What We’re Reading: Spousonomics by Paula Szhuchman and Jenny Anderson
Happy October! It’s fall, which means shorter daylight hours (boo!) and longer hours of reading at home on the couch (yay!). As some of you may already know from my earlier posts, …
September 19, 2011
What We’re Reading: Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
Unlike some of my illustrious colleagues, I’m not a super-fast reading machine. I tend to move between reading poetry, novels, nonfiction, and spiritual writings, and I take my reading choices very seriously …
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