My Novel Has A New Title...
Our long national nightmare has finally drawn to a close. No, not that nightmare. I'm talking about the one where me and four other...
Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
Note: all middle grade fiction is reviewed by my ten-year old son, Alex. Hatchet is about a thirteen year old boy named Brian Robeson....
An Interview with Sarah Domet, author of The Guineveres
I'll confess to a moment of jealousy here. I'm a soon-to-be-debut-novelist, and like every other writer on earth, I'd love to have...
Big Fall Books: The 10 Bestsellers I've Read So Far (And The 6 I Want To Read)
Here I Am by Jonathan Safran Foer: A Jewish family in DC confronts a crisis. A BIG book in all senses of the word: it’s an undertaking....
Review of Fractured by Catherine McKenzie
Fractured, the new psychological thriller by Catherine McKenzie, contains a cool twist: it’s based on a fiction-within-a-fiction. In a weird
Review of The Nix by Nathan Hill
Let’s open with this: a politician, the faux-folksy governor of Wyoming—who harbors presidential aspirations, despite a blatant disregard...
Review of Sweet Lamb of Heaven by Lydia Millet
Lydia Millet’s superb literary thriller, Sweet Lamb of Heaven, has flown under the radar a bit. When it was published this May, it garnered
The Crossover by Kwame Alexander
Note from Kimmery: All Middle Grade books with boy protagonists are reviewed by my ten-year-old son, Alex. I had my doubts about whether...
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
I have a tremendous aversion to reading about torture. I can’t stand slasher flicks or brutality in movies either, particularly if it’s...
Cheesie Mack is Cool in a Duel, by Steve Cotler
Note from Kimmery: All middle-grade books with boy protagonists are reviewed by my 10 year-old son, Alex. This book is about a boy named...