The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck tells the story of the Joad family as they try to make a new life for themselves out west during the Dust Bowl

embracing and avoiding books by white guys – book reviews for the week

Just finished The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck It feels a little silly to attempt to say anything at all about such a classic piece of literature. I’m happy to report that I really enjoyed reading it, and I’m glad I hung onto it all these years after 11th grade English. The dialogue is written dialectally, […]

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Heart of a Dog by Mikhail Bulgakov is a satirical allegory of the Russian Revolution, telling the absurd story of a dog implanted with the testes and pituitary gland of a recently dead man

reading YA and pretending to understand obtuse Russian literature – book reviews for the week

Just finished Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell This book was a special treat that I’d been saving as a sweet palate cleanser between two much more challenging novels (Viet Thanh Nguyen’s The Sympathizer and Mikhail Bulgakov’s Heart of a Dog). It served its purpose well, but I didn’t love it as much as the other Rainbow Rowell books […]

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