Review: The Library Book by Susan Orlean
I can’t say this is a perfect book, but it’s one of my favorites of the year, and it’s a book I’ll recommend to a lot…
Review: Normal People by Sally Rooney
I loved the way this book begins, because I identified very much with Marianne, one of its two narrators. Marianne and Connell are two teens in…
Review: Trust Exercise by Susan Choi
I had to force myself to finish this book, and that’s never a good thing. At times this book was nicely written and I found myself…
Review: The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai
The Great Believers was heartbreaking, but so good and very worth reading. I realize that reading a book about the AIDS crisis in the 80s isn’t…
Review: We Fed an Island by Jose Andres and Richard Wolffe
The first half of this book was really interesting. Andres writes a lot about the history of Puerto Rico and what happened with Hurricane Maria. Also…
Review: Ghostwritten by David Mitchell
I love David Mitchell – I love how every book by him is more of an experience than just a read. This book felt like a…
Review: A Place for Us by Fatima Farheen Mirza
This is my favorite book of the year so far. It was everything I like in a book – really character-driven, about complex family relationships. It’s…
Review: Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys
I always appreciate historical fiction that covers an event that I should be aware of. Salt to the Sea is about the sinking of the Wilhelm…
Review: The Glass Diplomat by S. R. Wilsher
I was recently in Chile and heard and saw a lot related to the Pinochet regime. We were told the country is still very divided amongst…
Review: Bellflower by Mary Vensel White
In 2012, author Mary Vensel White sent me her book The Qualities of Wood, a small town mystery about a compelling main character and a complicated…
Review: There There by Tommy Orange
There’s a lot to recommend about Tommy Orange’s There There, and I can see why it was nominated for so many awards. It’s the story of…
Review: The Dreamers by Karen Thompson Walker
I requested this book on NetGalley, mainly because it had an endorsement from the author of Station Eleven, and because the premise of a virus that…
