In advance of the publication of the sequel to The Time Traveler's Wife (Life Out of Order: due in October 2026), I am publishing my review of the OG, posted in 2008 on the Vulpes Libris blog. The Time Traveler’s Wife is the debut novel of Audrey Ni...

This book is the breakout star of 2025 with the vast majority of readers loving it. I was sure I would love it too, but somehow it didn’t work for me. It starts off with a strong beginning – on her way to register the birth of her son, Cora, who is ...

A couple of posts ago, I talked about the author’s voice, the prism through which all of their stories are told. In that case, (Yellowface), it wasn’t my cup of tea but Andrea Levy’s voice is one of the things I loved most in Small Island. Jamaica i...

This post was originally written in 2008 and published on the Vulpes Libris bookblog. It was subsequently republished by Philosophy Cafe magazine in a special issue on Camus.  I nervously decided to review The Stranger for our French week – ner...

When I started reading this book, I didn’t think I’d like it as much as I did, but Ann Patchett won me over. At first, she struck me as a privileged white writer who decided at a young age to become a writer and then went on to immense success in th...