Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi One of my weaknesses as a reader, and as a human, is that I’m not too keen on history. I don’t like to read about olden times. If a book takes…
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Feeling Wisconsin
Recently, a friend pointed out on Twitter that a book he was reading would drive me bonkers because it touched upon very many of my literary pet peeves. “Dick Lit to the extreme. Selfish, sad-sack,…
The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley
There’s something of an old west feeling about Hannah Tinti’s novel, The Twelve Live of Samuel Hawley even though it a lot of the book takes place in the here and now. There’s no time…
My Favorite Novel of 2017 (So Far)
So far this year I’ve finished reading nineteen books, eighteen of them have been novels. I know we’re not even six months into 2017 and there’s still a lot of reading ahead of me. But…
Everything You Want Me to Be
The first thing I will tell you about Mindy Mejia’s mystery Everything You Want Me to Be is that when the big reveal comes, when whodunnit is revealed, I gasped because I did not see…
A Nerdier Nick & Norah
Nicola Yoon sure has a knack for writing smart, charming teenagers in unusual situations. Her prose clips along at a delightful pace and one of these days she’s going to write a book with a…
You Puzzle Me, Charlie Freeman
It’s 1990(ish) and 14-year-old Charlotte Freeman has recently moved from Boston to rural Massachusetts. She’s got a scrunchy in her hair, is starting a predominantly white school, and she doesn’t quite know the lyrics to…
Who Can Resist a Book that Takes Place on Scribbly Gum Island?
I’m slowly making my way through Liane Moriarty’s backlist as it becomes available from the library. The latest in the rotation is a cute, though somewhat predictable mystery called The Last Anniversary. This one centers…
Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk
Oh Lillian, Lillian. I’m not sure how I feel about you Lillian, or your walk. Equal parts charming and annoying, Kathleen Rooney’s novel Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk is probably a book that would best…
Don’t You Bother
Don’t You Cry by Mary Kubica should have had the distinction of being the first book I quit in 2017, and yet somehow I finished it, though I’m not entirely sure why. I guess, maybe,…