Stories By Julia Braun Kessler
Fiction Reviews
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
March 9, 2025Such a pity Mary Ann Shaffer is not around to enjoy her celebrity! Shaffer died in...
Non-Fiction Reviews
The Forsaken: An American Tragedy in Stalin’s Russia by Tim Tsouliadis
March 9, 2025Readers of faint heart beware when embarking upon this superb work of history. So many stories...
Non-Fiction Reviews
The Man Who Made Lists by Joshua Kendall
February 24, 2025By the end of that lecture, Roget had concluded that one of the causes of “the...
Books
Murdering Miss Austen
February 16, 2025Jane Austen, whose sharp tongue barely left her cheek during her short lifetime, and, whose caustic...
Fiction Reviews
Fire in the Blood by Irène Némirovsky
February 12, 2025Silvio’s tale proceeds to unravel the neighborhood secrets, as he uncovers them with a skill that...
Non-Fiction Reviews
The House That George Built by Wilfrid Sheed
February 6, 2025And in recreating social history, what a star-studded cast he lines up to perform for us!...
Non-Fiction Reviews
The Orientalist: Solving The Mystery of A Strange and Dangerous Life – by Tom Reiss
January 14, 2025Admirers of a haunting gem of a novel called, ALI & NINO, a work that seemed...
Non-Fiction Reviews
Book Review: Naples Declared: A Walk Around The Bay by Benjamin Taylor
December 30, 2024Considering how “casual” the work is in its approach, you could, I suppose, call it a...
Fiction Reviews
All Whom I Have Loved by Aharon Appelfeld
August 1, 2024Aharon Appelfeld’s new novel, All Whom I Have Loved is indeed a riveting, if ominous tale,...
Non-Fiction Reviews
Book Review: Some of My Lives: A Scrapbook Memoir by Rosamond Bernier
June 26, 2024Rosamond’s very early experiences with the great and famous were connected with her father’s love for...