Adrian Astur Alvarez

Adrian Astur Alvarez

Oviedo, Asturias
Adrian Astur Alvarez writes literary fiction and poetry concerned with memory, intimacy, and the quiet pressures that shape how people live together. His work often explores identity, displacement, and the moments where private lives come undone.
29
May
Several Short Sentences About Writing

Several Short Sentences About Writing

Verlyn Klinkenborg · ★★★★ Ornery, often contradictory, and written with an air of authority that proves one of his most provocative points:
1 min read
28
May
To the Lighthouse

To the Lighthouse

Virginia Woolf · ★★★★★ There are many, many books I love but this one is my favorite. Updated review 5.26.26:
1 min read
22
May

Ivy and Bean Take the Case

Annie Barrows · ★★★★ Bean goes noir. Towards the end of the series Barrows negotiated the inevitable maturing of her young characters
1 min read
12
May

The Indian in the Cupboard (The Indian in the Cupboard, #1)

Lynne Reid Banks · ★★★ My son picked this out to read fresh off The Forgotten Door and I suppose it is
1 min read
09
May
Twilight

Twilight

William Gay · ★★★★ I'm so glad I started my introduction to William Gay with Provinces of Night. Not that
1 min read
06
May

Ivy and Bean Make the Rules

Annie Barrows · ★★★★ Another cheerful entry in the series. This one has Ivy and Bean balancing a familiar yearning to grow
25
Apr
Provinces of Night

Provinces of Night

William Gay · ★★★★★ William Gay's Provinces of Night is built on a proposition about being human: how we string
4 min read
18
Apr
Untold: Chess Mates

Untold: Chess Mates

2026 · ★★½ God, Hans Niemann is insufferable.
16
Apr

Ivy and Bean: No News Is Good News

Annie Barrows · ★★★ Not my favorite of the Ivy + Bean books but my daughter is now fully invested in the series
1 min read
14
Apr
Scream

Scream

2022 · ★★★½ I liked this more on the second viewing. Maybe (definitely) my standards are lower now but the relationship between