by Jackie Cangro
While I was reading Circe, I became one of “those” people, you know, the ones who can’t stop talking about the novel to everyone who crosses their path. Author Madeline Miller uses vivid prose that just feels like it sparkles off the page to draw you...
by Jackie Cangro
The moment I finished this book I wanted to start again from page one. Less, by Andrew Sean Greer, is the kind of story you could find something new in each reading, so nuanced are the narrator’s observations. Poor Arthur Less. Things are just falling apart. He...
by Jackie Cangro
Behold the Dreamers opens unlike most novels. (A good reason why “rules” are made to be broken.) Everything in Jende’s world is good, make that great. He immigrated to the US from Cameroon with the help of his cousin, found a small but decent...
by Jackie Cangro
When I finished reading What to Do About the Solomons by Bethany Ball, I exhaled. I needed a moment. I realized I’d kind of been holding my breath for the better part of the novel. Not because there are any high-speed car chase scenes but because this family saga...
by Jackie Cangro
Lincoln in the Bardo, by George Saunders Confession: for the first few chapters, I wasn’t sure I was going to finish this novel. It is largely formatted as a type of play with each line of dialogue attributed to the character. There is little to no narration. If...
