Lizok's Bookshelf

I’ve been so caught up in work and preparations for my trip to England next month for the Translators’ Coven that I completely forgot abou...

In a recent email conversation, a colleague and I talked about Viktor Pelevin not being my cup of tea, coffee, or cocoa… that was before I r...

I took a break last week after a rather bloody incident involving a grater, a chunk of Pineland sharp cheddar cheese , and a middle finger. ...

This year’s Big Book Award long list , which came out last week, looks like a good one: beyond the four books I’ve already read and enjoyed ...

Evgenii Vodolazkin’s Лавр ( Laurus ) combines lots of elements I enjoy in my fiction: a long-ago setting in the fifteenth century, guilt...