Blurb from Amazon: Meet Mazie Phillips: big-hearted and bawdy, she's the truth-telling proprietress of The Venice, the famed New York City movie theater. It's the Jazz Age, with romance and booze aplenty--even when Prohibition kicks in--and Mazie never turns down a night on the town. But her high spirits mask a childhood rooted in poverty,… Continue reading Review: Saint Mazie by Jami Attenberg
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Review: The Lace Reader by Brunonia Barry
Novel blurb via Amazon: In the tradition of The Thirteenth Tale, Brunonia Barry’s bewitching gothic novel, The Lace Reader, is a phenomenon. Called “[a] richly imagined saga of passion, suspense, and magic” by Time Magazine, it is a haunting and remarkable tale told by an unforgettable, if strangely unreliable narrator—a woman from an enigmatic Salem… Continue reading Review: The Lace Reader by Brunonia Barry
Review: Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore
Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan follows a college grad, recently unemployed, in the midst of the great recession. The protagonist takes a job at a mysterious, quirky bookstore which turns out to be more than what it seems. With the back drop of San Francisco, Sloan does a lot of local company name… Continue reading Review: Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore
