Sim Samra·4d agoHappy Hunger Games, againWhat Suzanne Collins’s Hunger Games prequel taught me about telling a story people already know.A response icon1A response icon1
Sim Samra·Oct 26Hook, line and no sinkerFruit Fly and Yesteryear hooked me with brilliant premises and two women I couldn’t stand. Then the endings let me go.
Sim Samra·Oct 20I found Seneca on my way to the gymA free book, an uncracked spine, and a Roman philosopher who saw right through me.A response icon2A response icon2
Sim Samra·Sep 27A dark horse of a novelOn Ann Patchett’s Whistler, a short flight home, and the quiet magic of a novel where not much happens.
Sim Samra·Aug 22Signed, sealed, healedHow Virginia Evans’s The Correspondent made me fall back in love with letters.