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Review of "The Fury" by Alex Michaelides
“As a writer, I am habitually prone to fleeing reality.
Jan 9 • Julia Wendell
On Jerzy Kosiński's "The Painted Bird"
Talk about hard to read.
Dec 12, 2025 • Julia Wendell
Review of The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead
This book is hard to read, as it tells the story of two young boys who are sent to a terrifying reform school that is based on a real school that…
Oct 1, 2025 • Julia Wendell
Review of The End of the Affair by Graham Greene
This is a gorgeously-written classic, published first in 1951, that begins in media res: “A story has no beginning or end: arbitrarily one chooses that…
Sep 26, 2025 • Julia Wendell
White Nights in Split Town City: A Review
book by Annie DeWitt
Sep 12, 2025 • Julia Wendell
Review of Erasure, by Percival Everett
A sharp satire on writing and publishing and what it means to be black in America.
Aug 29, 2025 • Julia Wendell
Two Books by Allegra Goodman: Isola and Sam
Isola, by Allegra Goodman
Aug 6, 2025 • Julia Wendell
Review of Eleanor Oliphant
written by Gail Honeyman
Jul 27, 2025 • Julia Wendell
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