“I fooled myself into believing I was after closure, when all I really wanted was never to let go. Because, as Alison’s scar was her most sacred vanity, her death was mine." Claire is only seven years old when her college sister, Alison, disappears on the last night of their family vacation.. Several days later,… Continue reading Saint X by Alexis Schaitkin
Genre: Fiction / Literary
Normal People by Sally Rooney
“Most people go through their whole lives, without ever really feeling that close with anyone.” At school Connell and Marianne pretend not to know each other. He’s popular and well-adjusted, star of the school soccer team while she is lonely, proud, and intensely private. But when Connell comes to pick his mother up from her… Continue reading Normal People by Sally Rooney
The Woman In Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware
“Maybe that was closer to the truth--we weren't captor and captive, but two animals in different compartments of the same cage. Hers was just slightly larger.” Lo Blacklock, a journalist who writes for a travel magazine, has just been given the assignment of a lifetime: a week on a luxury cruise with only a handful… Continue reading The Woman In Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware
The Sentence by Louise Erdrich
The Sentence asks what we owe to the living, the dead, to the reader and to the book. The Sentence by Louise Erdrich is a raw, poetic novel told about a book store that is haunted during the pandemic. This one is highly character driven, which I don't normally go for but I did enjoy.… Continue reading The Sentence by Louise Erdrich
The IT Girl by Ruth Ware
The #1 New York Times bestselling author of the “claustrophobic spine-tingler” (People) One by One returns with an unputdownable mystery following a woman on the search for answers a decade after her friend’s murder. I love a book that I don't have it all figured out right away, or at all. The It Girls by Ruth Ware is very… Continue reading The IT Girl by Ruth Ware
Weyward by Emilia Hart
I am a Weyward, and wild inside. Weyward by Emilia Hart covers three main characters and three different time periods. I think Hart did an excellent job weaving together these stories. All three women are connected by blood. The author describes the setting down the the earthy smells at the family's grand family estate in… Continue reading Weyward by Emilia Hart
The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O’Farrell
The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell is a beautifully written novel and I can see it is a lyrical masterpiece, but I just didn't connect with it. Maggie O'Farrell is hit or miss with me. This is a case of wrong book, wrong time. “The Marriage Portrait” drops us into the panicked mind of a… Continue reading The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O’Farrell
The Book Of Lost Friends by Lisa Wingate
A new novel inspired by historical events: a story of three young women on a journey in search of family amidst the destruction of the post-Civil War South, and of a modern-day teacher who rediscovers their story and its connection to her own students' lives.. Get ready to go on a wild ride with The… Continue reading The Book Of Lost Friends by Lisa Wingate
The Patron Saint of Second Chances by Christine Simon
The self-appointed mayor of a tiny Italian village is determined to save his hometown no matter the cost in this charming, hilarious, and heartwarming debut novel. This was an absurdly, funny story. A great mix of characters and a charming Italian village, this one will be liked by fans of A Man Called Ove or… Continue reading The Patron Saint of Second Chances by Christine Simon
Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld
A comedy writer thinks she’s sworn off love, until a dreamy pop star flips the script on all her assumptions—a hilarious, observant, and deeply tender novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Eligible, Rodham, and Prep. If you are looking for a smart, satisfying romantic comedy, this is the one to read this year! Sittenfeld always writes with… Continue reading Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld