Reviews and reflections on books I’ve read.
25 Books in 2020: #4, Small Admissions Small Admissions is a charming, lighthearted novel that uses creative experiments, especially with point of view, to tell its story. Set in the uber-competitive world of New York City private school admissions, the story employs both first-person and omniscient points of view. It follows twenty-something Kate Pearson–no, not […]
This is a story of personal triumph, although it sort of sneaks up on you. Nora Stuart is a successful physician living the dream in Boston. Or so it seems. We quickly learn life with her ER doc boyfriend isn’t great, and before we can dig into that problem, she gets hit by a van. […]
Becoming a better fiction writer by studying 100 movies, 50 screenplays, and 25 books in 2020. It’s hard to distill a single writing lesson from a novel as beloved and complex as Little Women (yes, children’s literature is complex). Further complicating the task is the need to also write about the 2019 film adaptation by Greta […]
