Karen Thompson Walker is a master at showing us what everyday people deal with during an apocalyptic event. She did it brilliantly in The Age of Miracles and I’m so glad she’s back with another…
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Once Upon a River
I loved Diane Setterfield’s The Thirteenth Tale, a wonderful gothic mystery with storytelling at its heart, but I was really disappointed with Setterfield’s second book, Bellman & Black. I’m happy to report fabulous storytelling is…
The Future Will Be BS Free
The world in Will McIntosh’s The Future Will Be BS Free isn’t that hard to imagine. An authoritarian wannabe is president of the United States, she has close ties to Russia, the rich are getting…
My Sister, the Serial Killer
Korede is the smart daughter with a stable job and a good head on her shoulders, yet her beautiful, flighty, younger sister Ayoola, who simply walks into a room and men fall for her, is…
A False Report: A True Story of Rape in America
A False Report: A True Story of Rape in America by T. Christian Miller and Ken Armstrong is an in-depth look at reported rape cases in America. From Marie who is accused of falsifying a…
Royal City Vol. 1 & 2
In Royal City Vol. 1 by Jeff Lemire, struggling author Patrick Pike hasn’t visited his hometown of Royal City, a small, failing factory town, in a long time, but when his dad has a stroke…
Only Killers and Thieves
I occasionally like a good western. It’s probably because I loved watching all the Lonesome Dove movies with my dad. He was a smartass jokester, just like Lonesome Dove’s Gus, and he got a kick…
Force of Nature
Whenever someone at work describes after-work team building exercises, I cringe, rightfully so, but Jane Harper made them even more cringe-worthy in her latest mystery, Force of Nature. Five female colleagues, on a corporate weekend…
I Can’t Breathe: A Killing on Bay Street
Eric Garner was a drug dealer. He had a temper and once beat a man for getting close to his wife. He was in and out of jail, abandoning his wife and kids. Eric Garner…
The Best Kind of People
The Best Kind of People by Zoe Whittall is a very timely book. What does a family go through when a loved one is accused of sexual assault? Science teacher George Woodbury is the prep…
Love and Other Consolation Prizes
Told between shifting storylines in the early 1900s and 1962, Love and Other Consolation Prizes by Jamie Ford follows Ernest, a half-Chinese boy auctioned off at the 1909 World Fair in Seattle. Abandoned by his…