The Surly Bookseller

I have never read a single book written by Robert B. Parker. Anything I knew of his characters Spenser and Hawk comes from television, a...

Yes, I'm late to this one. What can I say? It released in November, but I do not find that the last couple months of the retail year...

I blame my morbid fascination with the Ozarks on Daniel Woodrell. His novels Give Us a Kiss  and Winter's Bone  (my two favorites of his...

I had decided after reading Alice Hoffman's The Red Garden  to let my relationship with her rest but when I read what this one was ...

I have this thing  about reading novels set during WWI, and mostly it's not been a good thing. I don't know what it is, or why...

A fast read, perfect for those times when you don't care how completely ridiculous and improbable nearly every plot twist can get, be...

In a world and time rife with Big Problems, most of us are paralyzed by the notion that no matter how deeply we want to change things we are...