Karen Brissette is just a book nerd in Queens who has done nothing significant with her life other than holding the title of “most popular reviewer” on Goodreads for many years through a combination of monsterporn reviews, moderately coherent babblings, and many references to The Legend of Billie Jean. She is also to blame for a hefty number of the internet’s cat pictures. These days, she writes about books at Bloggy Come Lately: http://bloggycomelately.com/.
CONTRIBUTOR ARTICLES
The Empath of the Overlooked: On Ivy Pochoda’s “These Women”
Karen Brissette reviews “These Women” by Ivy Pochoda....
Insidious Pockets of Pain: On “The Wolf Wants In”
Karen Brissette reviews “The Wolf Wants In” by Laura McHugh....
Ghost or Glitch: On Ruth Ware’s Contemporary Retelling of “The Turn of the Screw”
Ruth Ware’s novel “The Turn of the Key” haunts reviewer Karen Brissette....
Situationally Criminal: On “Beijing Payback”
Karen Brissette reviews “Beijing Payback” by Daniel Nieh....
Trapped Under Ice: On Tim Johnston’s “The Current”
Karen Brissette reviews “The Current” by Tim Johnston....
The Luck of the Irish
Karen Brissette visits “The Witch Elm” by Tana French....
Sugar and Spice and Steel
Karen Brissette is haunted by “Give Me Your Hand,” the latest novel by Megan Abbott....
Love, Cruelty, Passion, and Lies
On “Our Kind of Cruelty” by Araminta Hall....
A Love Affair with a Body Count
On “Sunburn” by Laura Lippman....
A Certain Sly Intelligence
An interview with Kristen Lepionka on her new book, “The Last Place You Look.”...
A Sorority of Suffering
Karen Brissette reviews “Into the Water” by Paula Hawkins....
Hope and Inexperience and Yearning
Karen Brissette reviews “Good as Gone” by Amy Gentry....
Southern Ohio Gothic
Karen Brissette interviews David Ray Pollock about his new novel, "The Heavenly Table"....
Two Snakes Around a Pepper Tree
James Renner talks about his true crime addiction....
