Tag: Lily King

“I have a pact with myself not to think about money in the morning.”

A review of “Writers & Lovers” in 100 words by Catherine Stover

The rest of the opening paragraph of this novel lists the other things the narrator tries not to think about: sex, her boyfriend, death, and her mother who died on vacation last winter. She shows the reader all … Read More

“The ground suddenly seemed a long way down and escape far away.”

A review of “Five Tuesdays in Winter” in 100 words by Catherine Stover

Short stories can be more than appetizers. But the challenge of creating a world with vivid characters who do something that matters to us in a compressed format is great. The length is a trap: some writers … Read More