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The High-Rise Diver: A Novel

April 14, 2021

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A young woman, strong and proud, stands on the top of a high-rise thousands of feet tall. Below her a crowd chants her name and yells for her to jump. She does, plunging to within inches of certain ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: book clubs, debut, dystopia, literary, science fiction

Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro

April 7, 2021

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In an unspecified place, sometime in the future, Klara waits inside a store for her new best friend. Days pass and she moves from section to section, often gazing out the main window onto the street, ... Read More...

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October Under-the-Radar Reads

October 7, 2020

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I already made a big fuss about the eight books of fall I was ready to read, but now I'm back with four new books I'm reading this October. I haven't heard much about any of them in the bookish world, ... Read More...

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July Reading Wrap-Up

July 30, 2020

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  Goodbye, July! My first full month of real summer in the Midwest. What I loved: fireflies, thunder and rain storms that last for hours. What is not so much: humidity that flattens me but makes ... Read More...

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Master Class by Christina Dalcher

May 22, 2020

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Christina Dalcher’s debut novel, Vox, established her as one of those writers who can layer present events onto the future and make it grim, but plausible. In the novel, separation of church and state ... Read More...

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