When Abe and Ruth meet on a blind date while students at the University of Washington it’s not love at first sight. In fact, it’s not even like. Ruth finds Abe to be stodgy, full of himself, and boring. He, on the other hand, is captivated by her vivacious personality and her varied interests, even if her ideas about the future seem flaky. From this inauspicious beginning, The ... Read More...
February Reading Wrap-Up
Hello, lovely readers! February was an erratic month—probably the new normal, both for my reading and life in America. For the reading, I’m still finding focus to be a problem, but when I have been able to home in on the page I’ve been rewarded by some lovely character study novels. The larger issue is, as it’s been for a while now, my ability to write about the books I’ve ... Read More...
The Life Cycle of the Common Octopus
Monday I shared a literary novel I loved and now I’m back with another. The Life Cycle of the Common Octopus is the witty, contemporary story of two friends and their freshman year at the University of Edinburgh. Alice and Penelope both have their reasons for wanting to leave Canada and go to this particular school. Alice’s is practical in that she hopes it will be the gateway ... Read More...
This is a Love Story
For someone who’s been leery about literary fiction for the past six months I have two novels this week that epitomize the genre and what I love about it. With Central Park as the backdrop, This is a Love Story unfolds in alternating chapters from the novel’s three main characters: Abe, Jane and Max. Abe and Jane are creatives—he’s a writer and she’s an artist and they ... Read More...
The Stolen Queen by Fiona Davis
A novel that includes the Egyptian wing of the Metropolitan Museum, Vogue editor Diana Vreeland, and ancient Egypt is not one I’m likely to miss out on. Fiona Davis’s The Stolen Queen follows two women and two timelines right up until they intersect on the night of the Met Gala in 1978 when a priceless Egyptian heirloom is stolen. Charlotte Cross is a young woman who refuses ... Read More...
The Bones Beneath My Skin
After losing his job Nathan finds himself at loose ends. With no attachments in his life he decides to head to the remote cabin in Oregon that his parents left to him to lick his wounds and regroup. But author TJ Klune is having none of that in The Bones Beneath My Skin so when Nathan arrives at his house it’s to find two unusual squatters living there. Any peace and quiet he’d ... Read More...
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