Marginalia

Book notes & reviews by Nora Vale

Reading journal

What I’m reading in 2026

Every book I start goes in here, including the ones I abandon. Ratings are out of five; half stars are allowed when a book refuses to settle.

Currently reading

  • Cover of Moth Season by Pell Ordway

    Moth Season

    Pell Ordway

    Reading

    Page 142 of 368

  • Cover of Ninefold Bridge by Ada Merriweather

    Ninefold Bridge

    Ada Merriweather

    Reading

    Page 210 of 290

Read

Newest first

Want to read

Up next

  • Cover of Fen Lights by Mira Hollis

    Fen Lights

    Mira Hollis

    Want to read

  • The Ninth Wave Hotel

    Bea Lindqvist

    Want to read
  • Cover of The Brightwater Recipe Box by Polly Fenwick

    The Brightwater Recipe Box

    Polly Fenwick

    Want to read
  • Cover of Atlas of Lost Rivers by Samir Haddad-Lowe

    Atlas of Lost Rivers

    Samir Haddad-Lowe

    Want to read

Did not finish

Set aside for now

  • Cover of The Long Way to Halden by Ivo Petrak

    The Long Way to Halden

    Ivo Petrak

    DNF

    Stopped at page 120

  • Cover of Small Hours by Wren Atherton

    Small Hours

    Wren Atherton

    DNF

    Stopped at page 64