EljayJohnson

"Another subtle, quiet, and unassuming novel from Toibin. My fourth book by him and I think it's official that I love him. Nora is a younger widow with two boys in a small Irish town. I don't think the word "grief" is ever written, but the novel is..." Permalink

"Ali keeps churning them out; I keep gobbling them up. What a perfectly satisfying and happy symbiotic relationship." Permalink

"I am done with Ferrante's quartet and now I need to go recover. These four books - and this last one especially - are so challenging and difficult; I feel like I should get a medal for finishing and still being somewhat intact. This is literary ..." Permalink