All year I kept hearing that 2025 was kind of a crap year for publishing. There were no “big” books this year, books like All Fours and Martyr!. It seemed that everyone was obsessed with those two in 2024, and I was too, happily. But in 2025, nothing seemed to
On reading to see Lately, I’ve been reading about Palestine. At first I thought I was doing it to understand what has been happening in Gaza and the West Bank, but I realize now I am reading to see. To understand means to make sense of. That means there
I love a list. Some people who fancy themselves fancy think they’re vapid, but I love them. I have been writing on the internet for a long time, and one thing I carry with me as I write is a respect for busy people. I’ve heard copywriters dismissively
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier is experiencing a resurgence of late. The book is a woman’s story, a gothic tale, a psychological thriller. It’s everything I love in a summer page turner, but where do us litgirls go from here? Enter The Bell by Iris Murdoch.
The best kid lit is enjoyed together, parent and child. But the very best can be enjoyed by an adult on their own. This month I’ll try to convince you to read Louise Fitzhugh’s Harriet the Spy, first published in 1964 and still fresh 60 years later, even
Read Kairos if you love historical dramas and if you value brilliantly brutal prose.
Billy is a newsletter of book recommendations by me, Leigh Kinch-Pedrosa. I’m that overly enthusiastic friend who shouts “Oh you haven’t read … yet!” as if you have all the time in the world to read. After I was repeatedly asked to just write it down, I’ve done