Behold the Dreamers
New to Foghorn Review? Before you dive into this review, be sure to check out The Horn — how we rate books. In the US we talk a lot about policy around immigration. However, we don’t talk enough about the modern immigrant experience, and having empathy and compassion for people seeking a better life. We […]
Red Sparrow
New to Foghorn Review? Before you dive into this review, be sure to check out The Horn — how we rate books. In late 2017 I was perusing a Books to Movie list for 2018 and Red Sparrow by Jason Matthews immediately jumped out at me. I’m not sure if I’ll go to see the movie […]
Beowulf
New to Foghorn Review? Before you dive into this review, be sure to check out The Horn — how we rate books. I’ve heard Beowulf mentioned hundreds of times throughout my life in one way or another, so when it came up on my audiobook app I snapped it up. The description: Beowulf is the […]
Britt-Marie Was Here
Britt-Marie Was Here by Fredrik Backman follows one of his characters, Britt-Marie, shortly after the conclusion of My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry. (It would be nice to read the books in order, but not necessary). And while we learn a bit of Britt-Marie’s backstory in both Grandmother and the beginning of this […]
The Land of Dreams
The Land of Dreams (Part 1 in the Minnesota Trilogy) by Vidar Sundstøl is a crime novel that takes place on the shores of Lake Superior. It follows Eirik Nyland, a Norwegian homicide detective who was summoned to Minnesota to help solve the mystery of a murdered Norwegian, who was vacationing on in northern Minnesota with his […]
ISO: Understanding Poetry
April is National Poetry Month, and in the spirit of the month, the team at FHR put our collective heads together to brainstorm what posts we could do on poetry and it didn’t take long to realize that neither of us has a lot of poetry-reading experience. One of us recently read Milk and Honey (and […]
Can I Put it Down?
For anyone who reads voraciously, or even passively, this question is bound to arise at some point or another. Maybe you picked up a book on the recommendation of a friend. Maybe the friend even lent you the book. Maybe it’s the book that everyone is raving about at book club and on the blogs […]
Alexander Hamilton – Review Part I
Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow is a literary feet. To say that it’s a comprehensive recounting of this man’s life would be the understatement of the year. Chernow covers everything – from the man’s grandparents to virtually every person Hamilton ever encountered – with exhaustive detail. Which is why I’ve broken the review into two parts. […]
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