Posts from the ‘Contemporary Fiction’ category

Review: Those Who Knew by Idra Novey

Those Who Knew is a novel about a senator with a violent past in a small unnamed island country. It’s about about the intersections of politics,…

Review: Tiny Shoes Dancing and Other Stories by Audrey Kalman

This book of short stories by Audrey Kalman really resonated with me. The stories are different but deal with common issues, most related to marriage and…

Review: An Untamed State by Roxane Gay

This book wrecked me – and I mean that in a good way. I finished this book in two days, and it was so intense I…

Review: Less by Andrew Sean Greer

I already knew I wanted to read this book, mainly because it won the Pulitzer prize earlier this year and so much of the media buzz…

Review: A River of Stars by Vanessa Hua

I wanted to like this book but in the end was disappointed. I was really interested in the story, which begins with a young woman traveling…

Review: Elizabeth is Missing by Emma Healey

I read this book for the Read Harder 2018 challenge, because it had a female protagonist over the age of 60 (thanks to those who recommended…

Review: What We Were Promised by Lucy Tan

I really enjoyed Lucy Tan’s debut novel about a family living in modern-day Shanghai. Wei, Lina and their teenage daughter Karen are a wealthy family living in…

Review of Heads of the Colored People by Nafissa Thompson-Spires

I enjoyed this book more than I expected to, mainly because the stories are a surprising combination of everyday life, tragedy, and humor. The stories focus…

Review of The Red Word by Sarah Henstra

In the thought-provoking The Red Word, Sarah Henstra explores rape culture on college campuses, particularly in fraternity houses. Narrator Karen Huls arrives at an unnamed Ivy League…