I’ve read Firefly Lane, the Great Alone and Four Winds. Of the three The Great Alone was my favorite because I really enjoyed the subject. I think the deep wilderness of Alaska is fascinating and the family dynamics were very well done. I finished Four Winds but I didn’t really enjoy the experience very much. For some reason it just dragged for me even though I really wanted to like it.

There are many absolutely despicable villains in the literary world, but I agree Humbert is one of the absolute worst. I read Lolita ages ago and I’m still repulsed to this day.

Anything by Jeanette Winterson and Emily St John Mandel. This is How You Lose the Time War had some gorgeous prose. I recently read The Tsar of Love and Techno by Anthony Marra and it just punched me in the guy. Some sections were absolutely beautiful.