misogynistic – Reading While Fat

Hear the Dead

Hear the Dead by Ann Dávila Cardinal (publication day October 6, 2026) is a pulse-pounding thriller centering on 66-year old Elena Altieri, a former punk rock photographer who has been living a quiet life as a teacher in Vermont for the past forty years, since she fled New York City one awful day that sheContinue reading “Hear the Dead”

The Queen’s Gambit

I wanted to like The Queen’s Gambit (1983) by Walter Tevis. Although he died in 1984, many writers list him as one of their favorite authors. (See The Writer’s Library, by Nancy Pearl and Jeff Schwager.) I’ve always wanted to learn to play chess, so was drawn to the idea of a girl/woman chess player,Continue reading “The Queen’s Gambit”