Ill Will by Dan Chaon Insomnia isn’t my thing, but on the one night I woke during the witching hour and couldn’t fall back asleep, I magically had this weirdo mess of creepiness to keep…
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…
The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye
The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye by Sonny Liew completely fooled me. The story begins with elderly Charlie Chan Hock Chye being interviewed by his biographer about the state of comics today. Let’s just…
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…
