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The Charmed Wife: A Novel

January 25, 2021

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When it came out, Olga Grushin’s novel Forty Rooms blew me away. I had never read a piece of fiction that so perfectly encapsulated many of my feelings about marriage and being a woman. It was with ... Read More...

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The Divines: A Novel

January 22, 2021

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Every year there it seems a different theme emerges in fiction. Last year it was twins (The Grammarians, The Vanishing Half, Thin Girls), but this year, although it’s only January, I have three novels ... Read More...

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Winter 2021 Books I’m Ready to Read

January 6, 2021

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New year, new books! As much as I’m ready for things to be different in 2021, there is a change I’m not looking forward to in the book world. A combination of COVID and the economy means publishers ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Feature, Reading Tagged: Africa, contemporary life, literary, Middle East, mythology, social issues

2020 Underrated Gems

December 21, 2020

Well, it’s that time of year again…the extravaganza of lists about everything BEST in the world. I’ll be joining the fray, but my two lists (debuts and overall best) won’t be going up until after ... Read More...

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The Unraveling of Mercy Louis

November 23, 2020

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Take high school sports, an oil refinery explosion, a grandmother ready for the Rapture, and layer in a fetus found in a dumpster and a Purity Ball and you have the world that is The Unraveling of ... Read More...

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