I Feel the Earth Move
If you’ve spent a decent amount of time on Twitter—and if you haven’t, I suggest you keep it that way—you’ve probably seen some pithy variation on the notion that being …
by Roxanne Fequiere
The Secret of the Attic
Published in 1995, The Secret of the Attic reads like a self-conscious mashup of The Baby-Sitters Club and the American Girl books.
by Roxanne Fequiere
Go, Suzuki, Go
Every now and then—by which I mean: quite often, actually—I am overcome with the urge to grab my copy of Harriet the Spy off my shelf and read it for the umpteenth time.
by Roxanne Fequiere
With Kids Gloves
A funny thing happened over the summer. While I was writing about books written in or set in the 1980s, I discovered that Roald Dahl’s Matilda was released in 1988.
by Roxanne Fequiere
Fear of All of The Above
When my coworker lent me her copy of Lisa Gardner’s Find Her, she said something to the effect …
by Roxanne Fequiere
Fear of Motherhood
Like several million others over the holiday break, I turned to Netflix …
by Roxanne Fequiere
Fear of Modernity
Once, my mother and I traveled down to Florida to sit with a sick relative.
by Roxanne Fequiere
Fear of Male Entitlement
“Oh, no,” I thought to myself as I settled into the first chapter of Caroline Kepnes’ You. “I hate this.”
by Roxanne Fequiere
Staff #galrecs
For When You Don’t Know How to Feel About Family
As the year draws to a close, I am swept into the ceremonial current of heavy dinners, forced …
by Katherine Lu
For Those “End of Days” Days (aka After Reading The News)
Recommending Tracy K. Smith’s Life on Mars is not a revelation.
by Meredith Westgate
On Post-Grad Girl Gangs
“Based on the novel by Mary McCarthy, The Group was one of the slickest and most highly publicized cinematic soap operas of the 1960s. …”
by Roxanne Fequiere
You Will Not Own a Porsche One Day
In the garage of my childhood home is a large blown-up magazine story from Porsche Excellence Magazine mounted …
by Nicole Skibola
