“It’s about the missing priest.” “He’s not missing, the guard said, looking puzzled. “He’s over there by the paddock. He turned to salt.” (Note for posterity: I didn’t have a big family vacation scheduled to preserve my streak of always having a new Natasha Pulley book to read for such events, but my sister was
I’ll tell you about rage, and a complicated man. Another big family vacation, another novel by Natasha Pulley to enjoy! Regular readers of my reviews will know that I love a good retold myth. So a story about the Greek god of wine and madness is right in my wheelhouse. Although it was also a
It was the first time that January really understood that normal life was over. I’m a little behind on this one, but only because I always start reading a new Natasha Pulley novel when on a big family vacation, so I had to wait a bit to get the perfect timing for our trip to
I seem to have made a real habit of reading a Natasha Pulley novel during a big summer vacation. So it’s not a huge surprise that our trip to Yosemite National Park this year matched up almost perfectly with the release of Pulley’s latest novel, The Half Life of Valery K. And this book was
I read Natasha Pulley’s debut novel while on a family vacation to Yellowstone National Park, and I read her second while on a family vacation to Asheville, North Carolina. Apparently I’m making a real habit of this, since my family started our long-delayed vacation to Boone, North Carolina last month and Pulley released a brand
It took five years for us to get a sequel to Natasha Pulley’s The Watchmaker of Filigree Street, but it was worth it. This book was everything I wanted out of a return to the British translator with synesthesia, and the eccentric Japanese watchmaker who can remember the future. The plot of Book 1 was
I read Natasha Pulley’s first novel back in 2015 during a big family vacation, so I thought it would be appropriate to catch up on her second novel while on this year’s family vacation. (I had a nice surprise when I went to buy the book and found out that I’d already bought a copy a couple
It wasn’t exactly a normal robbery. Whoever broke into Nathaniel Steepleton’s rented apartment left without taking anything; and exactly what kind of burglar washes the dishes and then leaves a beautiful gold pocket watch on the pillow? Thaniel felt ridiculous reporting it, and he almost couldn’t blame the police for laughing. It was a lot less