Not every story needs to be told. Easy-to-digest reading has been a nice break lately, but I was happily pulled back into literary fiction with Jennifer Egan’s The Candy House. Set in a time in the not-so-distant future advances in technology change the meaning of the individual, privacy, connection and begs the question: How far do we want to let computers go? Bix ... Read More...
March Reading Recap
I'm being optimistic with this March graphic as Michigan is mired in low temperatures right now. Earlier we had 70 degrees, but that was a tease from Mother Nature. Now, the sunshine (and reading) are best enjoyed from inside. A circumstance I'm happy to use as an excuse to curl up on the couch! Dear William supposed to be a memoir about his son’s death from a ... Read More...
The Atlas Six: A Novel
All authors recreate worlds with their fiction, but fantasy writers build new worlds from within their own mind. But what about the feat of taking the real world and generating a world that exists right alongside it? That’s what Olivie Blake does in her debut novel, The Atlas Six, a mesmeric story with the world of magic co-existing alongside we boring mortals (but not in Harry ... Read More...
Happy at Any Cost
While Zappos may be an easily recognizable name to anyone who shops online and loves shoes, Tony Hsieh is probably not. I knew of him because he was often profiled in business news for his unique take on the best way to run a successful company. Happiness. Zappos was consistently ranked in the top 10 of best companies to work for by numerous magazines—Forbes, Fast Company, ... Read More...
Peach Blossom Spring
I’ve done my fair share of fictional reading about World War II. What I’ve never heard much about is Chinese history at the time. Peach Blossom Spring goes some way towards rectifying that as it spans one family’s journey from mainland China in the mid-20th century all the way up to America in 2015. In that time, much changes including the shape and meaning of family and ... Read More...
56 Days by Catherine Ryan Howard
I’ve had some hesitancy about COVID novels—too much too soon, but Catherine Howard’s 56 Days had a premise I couldn’t resist. Set in Dublin, a couple that only recently started dating decides to move in together when the country’s lockdown begins. Now, 56 days later a body is discovered in the apartment where they lived. When Ciara and Oliver met outside a convenience store ... Read More...
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