The Bookworm Sez
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‘When the Harvest Comes’ by Denne Michele Norris
c.2025, Random House, $28, 304 pages Happy is the bride the sun shines on. Of all the cliches that exist…
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‘The Lamb: A Novel’ by Lucy Rose
c.2025, Harper, $27.99, 329 pages What’s for lunch? You probably know at breakfast what you’re having a few hours later.…
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Low-Hanging Fruit: Sparkling Whines, Champagne Problems, and Pressing Issues from My Gay Agenda
by Randy Rainbow, c.2024, St. Martin’s Press, $28, 224 pages Whine, whine, whine. You got something to say, say it.…
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Book: ‘The Rainbow Age of Television: An Opinionated History of Queer TV’ by Shayna Maci Warner
c.2024, Abrams Press | $28.00 | 304 pages Wanna hand over the clicker? You don’t want to miss the season…
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‘Blessings’ by Chukwuebuka Ibeh
c.2024, Doubleday, $28, 288 pages Sometimes, you just need to step back a minute. You need time to regroup and think…
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‘The Guncle Abroad’ by Steven Rowley
c. 2024, Putnam, $29, 307 pages The cake’s going to be magnificent. You must’ve tasted fifteen different samples and a…
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‘Mean Boys: A Personal History’ by Geoffrey Mak
c.2024, Bloomsbury, $28.99, 267 pages This and that. It’s how a pleasant conversation is fed, with give and take, back…
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Book: ‘Unswerving: A Novel’ by Barbara Ridley
c.2024, University of Wisconsin Press, $19.95, 227 pages It happened in a heartbeat. A split-second, a half a breath, that’s…
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‘How to Live Free in a Dangerous World: A Decolonial Memoir’ by Shayla Lawson
c.2024, Tiny Rep Books / Penguin, $29, 303 pages Do you really need three pairs of shoes? The answer is…
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Book review: ‘Interesting Facts about Space’ by Emily Austin
c. 2024, Atria, $27.99, 320 pages People just don’t understand you. They don’t “get” you at all. Your sense of…
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