On Monday I reviewed a suspense novel I appreciated. Today I’m back with another one: The Golden Couple, the latest from thriller power duo Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen. In today’s America of instant gratification why spend years on therapy when there’s a therapist who can solve your problem in ten sessions? That’s Avery Chambers’ hook and her unusual methods and promise ... Read More...
The Heights: A Novel
What was a peaceful extended family dynamic turns dark in Louise Candlish’s new novel, The Heights. Ellen is married to Justin, raising their daughter Freya, but she also shares custody of her teenage son, Lucas, with her ex, Vic. The arrangement is amicable for all involved. Until one tragic event shatters not just the perfect picture of their lives, but the frame around ... Read More...
Our American Friend
What kind of trouble has to have occurred to leave an American journalist stranded in Croatia with her husband because the U.S. is unsafe for her? In Our American Friend, Anna Pitoniak’s new novel, it’s her subject who’s the problem. Sofie Morse was chosen by Lara Caine, the president’s wife to write her biography. How dangerous could a First Lady’s life be? But the more Lara ... Read More...
February Reading Wrap-Up
February felt like the most wintery month we've had since we moved to Michigan. It was bitterly cold, the wind blew at scary speeds, and it snowed. Of course, it also hit the 50s, everything melted, and it rained. Rinse. Repeat. Anyone else feel like that where they live? The great news is that it was a super month for reading. Out of the 11 books I read all but two were ... Read More...
With Love From London: A Novel
It’s a fact that I’m almost always going to read books about books even if they don’t always work out. Thankfully, that wasn’t a problem with the novel With Love From London. Set in London (yes!), a former librarian who loves rare books (yes, again!), inherits a book store (OK, now you’re killing me), and the apartment above it (STOP IT). Seriously, a bookstore and apartment in ... Read More...
Brown Girls: A Novel
Who are the brown girls? When Daphne Palasi Andreades’s novel, Brown Girls, opens it’s Nadira, Khadija, Anjali, Yesenia, and Sophie, a group of 10-year-olds growing up in the “dregs of Queens”. In under 250 pages they pass from childhood to old age in lives that are as singular as they are relatable. Not to mention riveting. Andreades makes bold stylistic choices in Brown ... Read More...
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