Is there anything worse than being the ugly duckling in a family of gorgeous women? Yes. You could be mortal and they could be goddesses. That’s life for 17-year-old Meddy in I, Medusa by Ayana Gray, a refreshing retelling of the Greek myth about the monster Medusa. Meddy is a tomboy who loves books and dreams of escaping their isolated island for Athens. Her only vanity is ... Read More...
Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke
Natalie is a God-fearing women living a righteous life on a massive cattle ranch in Idaho. She is a loving wife and mother to five happy, healthy children with a sixth on the way. That she monetizes her life and that it might not be as “real” as she portrays it is the crux of Caro Claire Burke’s debut novel, Yesteryear. Especially when Natalie wakes one morning to find herself ... Read More...
Vigil by George Saunders
In Vigil by George Saunders Jill is an angel who helps the dying transition into death. Her latest assignment is K.J. Boone, a Texan oilman. Jill’s purpose is to comfort but also to give the person an opportunity to repent, but Boone wants none of that. He has nothing to be sorry for and is proud of all of his life achievements. On his final night, Jill arrives to help him, but ... Read More...
More Than Enough by Anna Quindlen
Open Anna Quindlen’s new novel More Than Enough and you’ll meet Polly, a happy middle-aged woman. Her husband adores her and she him, she’s an English teacher at all girls’ school, and she has three stalwart, loving friends. Friends who give her a DNA test kit as a gag gift. When there’s a match for a family member she has no knowledge of it tilts the playing board of her life ... Read More...
The Compound by Aisling Rawle
The premise of Aisling Rawle’s The Compound is straightforward: a reality competition show where 20 young, healthy, beautiful strangers are dropped into an estate located in the middle of a desert. They have tasks to complete and will receive rewards for completing them. Some are communal, meaning everyone must participate, and others are personal. The other main criteria is ... Read More...
What Kind of Paradise
Jane has lived her entire life in a 700 square foot cabin near Bozeman, Montana; her contact with the modern world significantly limited. Her father is stern, but loving, a Luddite zealot who raves against technology in any form and writes copious screeds that no one reads, except Jane. Until he realizes that, with her help, the new expanse of the internet is the perfect place ... Read More...
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