About the Book: One summer. Two rivals. A plot twist they didn’t see coming… Nora Stephens’ life is books—she’s read them all—and she is not that type of heroine. Not the plucky one, not the laidback dream girl, and especially not the sweetheart. In fact, the only people Nora is a heroine for… Keep Reading
A NOVEL OBSESSION by CAITLIN BARASCH
About the Book: A wry and bold debut novel, which is at once an irresistible catastrophe waiting to happen and an unflinching exploration of how we narrate the stories of our lives, as an aspiring novelist finds herself stalking—and writing about—her boyfriend’s ex-girlfriend. “I can’t help but compare our worth as writers, as… Keep Reading
THE GOLDEN COUPLE by GREER HENDRICKS and SARAH PEKKANEN
About the Book: If Avery Chambers can’t fix you in 10 sessions, she won’t take you on as a client. Her successes are phenomenal–she helps people overcome everything from domineering parents to assault–and almost absorb the emptiness she sometimes feels since her husband’s death. Marissa and Mathew Bishop seem like the golden couple–until… Keep Reading
COUNT THE WAYS by JOYCE MAYNARD
About the Book: In her most ambitious novel to date, New York Times bestselling author Joyce Maynard takes on the story of a family from the hopeful early days of young marriage to parenthood, divorce, and its costly aftermath—to illuminate how the mistakes of parents are passed down through generations to fester, or… Keep Reading
THE SCHOOL FOR GOOD MOTHERS by JESSAMINE CHAN
About the Book: In this taut and explosive debut novel, one lapse in judgement lands a young mother in a government reform program where custody of her child hangs in the balance. Frida Liu is struggling. She doesn’t have a career worthy of her Chinese immigrant parents’ sacrifices. She can’t persuade her… Keep Reading
AUDIOBOOK REVIEW – RAZORBLADE TEARS by S.A. COSBY
About the Book: A Black father. A white father. Two murdered sons. A quest for vengeance. Ike Randolph has been out of jail for fifteen years, with not so much as a speeding ticket in all that time. But a Black man with cops at the door knows to be afraid. The last thing he… Keep Reading
WISH YOU WERE HERE by JODI PICOULT
About the Book: From the #1 New York Times bestselling author comes a deeply moving novel about the resilience of the human spirit in a moment of crisis. Diana O’Toole is perfectly on track. She will be married by thirty, done having kids by thirty-five, and move out to the New York City… Keep Reading
AUDIOBOOK REVIEW – GREENLIGHTS by MATTHEW McCONAUGHEY
Book Description: “I’ve been in this life for fifty years, been trying to work out its riddle for forty-two, and been keeping diaries of clues to that riddle for the last thirty-five. Notes about successes and failures, joys and sorrows, things that made me marvel, and things that made me laugh out loud…. Keep Reading
AUDIOBOOK REVIEW – CONFESSIONS ON THE 7:45 by LISA UNGER
About the Book: From master of suspense Lisa Unger comes a riveting thriller about a chance encounter that unravels a stunning web of lies. Selena Murphy is commuting home on the train when she strikes up a conversation with a beautiful stranger in the next seat. The woman introduces herself as Martha and soon confesses… Keep Reading
AUDIOBOOK REVIEW – THE SONG OF ACHILLES by MADELINE MILLER
About the Book: The legend begins… Greece in the age of heroes. Patroclus, an awkward young prince, has been exiled to the kingdom of Phthia to be raised in the shadow of King Peleus and his golden son, Achilles. “The best of all the Greeks”—strong, beautiful, and the child of a goddess—Achilles is everything… Keep Reading
