Archive - The Booktender

October 2024

A character named Poe. A ghost. Way too much sugar. Happy Halloween from Louise.

Oct 31 •

Book talk: A memoir of grief and glamour

Griffin Dunne's The Friday Afternoon Club w Ann Kennedy Smith

Oct 27 •

Rachel Kushner’s Creation Lake

Loved by prize committees. Panned by critics. Here’s where I landed.

Oct 25 •

Guilt Meets Ambition in Birnam Wood

Reading and life choices

Oct 18 •

Confessions of an Arizona Water Hog

The books I've been reading this week, plus a related personal essay

Oct 8 •

October Reading: Environmental Activism

Because what's spookier than climate change?

Oct 2 •

September 2024

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