Review of Girls Burn Brighter by Shobha Rao

This was a really intense book, at times devastating, but I’m glad I read it.  Just know that it isn’t an easy read. It’s the story…

Thanksgiving by Mary R. Arno

Thanksgiving is a short but compelling read about the lives of three women growing up in the New Orleans area. Ultimately I wish Mary Arno had…

The Interestings by Meg Wolitzer

The Interestings is about a group of friends who meet as teenagers at a summer camp for the arts. Julie is an insecure 14-year-old sent to…

The Memory Garden by Mary Rickert

This was a nicely written, well-told story but ultimately not the book for me. I read about it on Io9’s list of summer fantasy and science…