Fiske Street Little Library

Book posed atop a wooden bench in front of a flower pot of daisies. Book cover reads,“Down the River Unto the Sea by Walter Mosley.”

⭐️⭐️⭐️ - I love a good crime story with a morally ambiguous detective. But while the writing was solid, the noir elements on point, and a host of interesting characters kept it fresh, at some point the side stories and characters got overwhelming. Simply put: there were too many names.

Book cover for Victorian Psycho by Virginia Feito featuring a creepy doll.

⭐️⭐️ - I wanted to love this, but it just didn’t work for me. The story is fine and the writing is excellent. In the end it was the characters that threw me off. Your mileage may vary because my rating is both a Goodreads and StoryGraph outlier.

Victorian Psycho by Virginia Feito is now available.

Book cover for Butter by Asako Yuzuki

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ - It took me a little while to get into this book, but I’m glad I stuck with it because I ended up loving to read about food, obsession, murder, love, Japanese society, and, yes, butter. I really need to visit Japan and eat.

Butter, by Asako Yuzuki is now available.

Book cover for Shmutz by Felicia Berliner

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ - I loved this book. Great writing and pace, not to mention that online porn described in Yiddish terms is perfection. As is the book’s cover.

Shmutz by Felicia Berliner is now available.

Photo of a book on a table with the cover “Joan is Okay by Weike Wang” and surrounded the three small planters of succulents.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ - Reading slumps are no joke, but Joan helped me out by being authentic, charmingly awkward, and unintentionally (for the most part) funny.

Joan is Okay by Weike Wang is now available.

#booksky

Photo of a table full of book

Spent some time at the Brookline Booksmith yesterday finally using up a Christmas gift card. 😍

Haven’t read his work in decades but fondly remember the impression his books made on me. My late brother would send them to me while he was in college and I was in middle school and they opened my eyes to what stories could be.

*posting*

Photo of Considering Us by author Jenn Bouchard book inside a little free library.

I missed positing on here but Feb 6 was the book launch of Considering Us by @jennbouchardbos.bsky.social! Thanks so much for sending the library a copy to share!

#booksky

Picture of books inside a little free library.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ - Going in I knew this would be painful but I do seem to have a type...

The Kindest Lie by Nancy Johnson is now available in the library on this snowy Sunday.

#littlefreelibrary #booksky

Photo of book making materials on a white table.

If I read any more news my head might actually explode so instead I’ve pulled out my bookbinding materials and am back to work. If I’m too distracted to read a book at least I can make one.

Thanks so much!

A collage of book covers.

I know it’s February 1, but I forgot to share my 2024 StoryGraph year in review! #booksky #littlefreelibrary

Thanks! And hi!!

Book cover photo of Let Us Descend by Jesmyn Ward.

I’ve been running a Bookstagram account since 2020 for my little library and announced yesterday it will be going dark as I continue to dump my META accounts.

And I finally got out of my reading slump with Jesmyn Ward’s Let Us Descend, which is now in the snow covered library. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️