The Guest, by Emma Cline, follows the story of 22-year-old Alex, a beautiful girl and compulsive thief who attaches herself to wealthy men and floats …
Continue ReadingBook Review – I’m Always So Serious, by Karisma Price
I’m Always So Serious is a debut collection of poems by Karisma Price. I was struck by the metaphors and similes and the way she …
Continue ReadingBook Review – Foster, by Claire Keegan
Foster, a novella by award-winning Irish author Claire Keegan, was originally published in 2010 and has been republished in the U.S. in 2022. An unnamed …
Continue ReadingBook Review – Small Mercies, by Dennis Lehane
Dennis Lehane’s latest novel, Small Mercies, is set in Southie during the 1974 conflict over school bussing. Given the way racism has reemerged as a …
Continue ReadingBook Review – Age of Vice, by Deepti Kapoor
Age of Vice, by Deepti Kapoor, is a crime thriller and family saga of a criminal gang, political corruption, and excess of the wealthy in …
Continue ReadingBook Review – A Face in the Crowd, by King/O’Nan; The Longest December, by Richard Chizmar
A Face in the Crowd by Stephen King and Stewart O’Nan and The Longest December by Richard Chizmar are a pair of Novellas published together …
Continue ReadingHello Beautiful, by Ann Neapolitano
Hello Beautiful is an Oprah Book Club pick and the latest novel by Ann Neapolitano, author of best-selling Dear Edward. It’s the story of four …
Continue ReadingFROM FROM by Monica Youn
Monica Youn is an award-winning poet whose latest collection, FROM FROM, pushes the boundaries of poetry, making it hard to categorize what she’s doing, even …
Continue ReadingBook Review: Our Missing Hearts, by Celeste Ng…
Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng is set in an America that persecutes Asian-Americans and blames them for causing “The Crisis,” some sort of economic …
Continue ReadingBook Review: Spring in Siberia, by Artem Mozgovoy..
Spring in Siberia, by Artem Mozgovoy is a coming-of-age-gay in Siberia novel that reads like memoir. The author is a journalist born and raised in …
Continue Reading