

Review of Buckeye by Patrick Ryan
Patrick Ryan's literary fiction traces decades of the messy, poignant lives of two families shaped by uncompromising societal...
Sep 18


Review of My Friends by Fredrik Backman
I liked the unlikely modern-day friendship and depth of connection, and I love a best-friend story, but the past timeline and immense,...
Sep 3


Review of Bug Hollow by Michelle Huneven
Bug Hollow tracks the Samuelson family from an idyllic mid-1970s Northern California summer through a tragedy that upends already-tenuous...
Aug 5


Review of The Griffin Sisters' Greatest Hits by Jennifer Weiner
Jennifer Weiner's newest novel offers a behind-the-scenes peek at the music business, songwriting, and the pressures of fame, layered...
May 7


Review of The Whalebone Theatre by Joanna Quinn
The Whalebone Theatre begins with offbeat children's performances on a lazy, decadent English estate in the 1920s and builds to the...
Feb 21, 2024


Review of Learned by Heart by Emma Donoghue
Donoghue's captivating historical fiction centers around two real-life young women in an early 1800s British boarding school who fall...
Sep 14, 2023