James Smale is thrilled to sell his first novel to Doubleday, but he is over-the-moon when he finds out his editor is none other than Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. His excitement is tempered by having to tell his mother. As an obsessive Kennedy family follower, her son meeting Jackie would normally be a dream come true, but she’s read a chapter and while it’s fiction it’s about ... Read More...
The Other Americans: A Novel
Late one evening, Driss, an older man, is hit and killed in a dark intersection near his restaurant in a small town in California. His death is at the center of Laila Lalami’s new novel, The Other Americans. She assembles Driss’s family, the police, a potential witness, and nearby business owners—each with their own perspective—and lets them tell their story, not just of the ... Read More...
Women Talking: A Novel by Miriam Toews
In the Mennonite community of Molotschna eight women gather in a barn to talk. Their meeting is a secret, made possible only because the men have gone into the city to bail out eight men who have been accused of a heinous crime: that of drugging and raping over 100 of the community’s women and girls repeatedly over a two-year span. It will take two days for the men to return ... Read More...
March Reading Recap
Hello, fellow readers! It’s been awhile since I’ve had a month fly by so fast, but between having family in town for a week and spending four days in Ann Arbor I feel as if March wrapped up before I even got started. Somehow, I did manage to fit in some good March reading, even if by last week my brain was fried. Bri Jackson is a 16-year-old who loves one thing ... Read More...
Spring 2019 Reading Preview
I can’t speak for every locale, but spring is definitely in the air here in Seattle. The snowpocalypse weather that beat us down in February has given way to blooming trees and sweater (not coat) temperatures. Love is in the air—book love that is. It’s time again to shed winter reading and look at the eight books I'm most looking forward to for my spring reading (book covers ... Read More...
What I’m Reading This Week
I’m not sure I remember a time when it was so hard to think about reading, but the past two weeks have been hectic enough that I’m mentally and physically frazzled. Last week was my first trip to Ann Arbor—touring neighborhoods and looking at houses. While parts of it were fun (so much good food!) house hunting is exhausting—and it’s only beginning. All of which means focusing ... Read More...
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