I’m certain I won’t read another book this year as quirky as Big Swiss. The title refers to the nickname that our main protagonist Greta gives to the voice in the therapy sessions she is transcribing. Greta works for a sex therapist named Om in Hudson, New York (where everyone knows each other) transcribing… Keep Reading
A MAN CALLED OVE by FREDRIK BACKMAN
About the Book: A grumpy yet loveable man finds his solitary world turned on its head when a boisterous young family moves in next door. Meet Ove. He’s a curmudgeon, the kind of man who points at people he dislikes as if they were burglars caught outside his bedroom window. He has staunch… Keep Reading
CULT CLASSIC by SLOANE CROSLEY
About the Book: One night in New York City’s Chinatown, a woman is at a work reunion dinner with former colleagues when she excuses herself to buy a pack of cigarettes. On her way back, she runs into a former boyfriend. And then another. And . . . another. Nothing is quite what… Keep Reading
LESSONS IN CHEMISTRY by BONNIE GARMUS
About the Book: Chemist Elizabeth Zott is not your average woman. In fact, Elizabeth Zott would be the first to point out that there is no such thing as an average woman. But it’s the early 1960s and her all-male team at Hastings Research Institute takes a very unscientific view of equality. Except… Keep Reading
Release Day Review: MILK FED by MELISSA BRODER
About the Book: A scathingly funny, wildly erotic, and fiercely imaginative story about food, sex, and god from the acclaimed author of The Pisces and So Sad Today. Rachel is twenty-four, a lapsed Jew who has made calorie restriction her religion. By day, she maintains an illusion of existential control, by way of… Keep Reading
ANXIOUS PEOPLE by FREDRIK BACKMAN
About the Book: Looking at real estate isn’t usually a life-or-death situation, but an apartment open house becomes just that when a failed bank robber bursts in and takes a group of strangers hostage. The captives include a recently retired couple who relentlessly hunt down fixer-uppers to avoid the painful truth that they… Keep Reading
NEW RELEASES – WEEK OF AUGUST 18, 2020
There are some wonderful books releasing this week! Check out the list below and happy reading everyone! Releasing Later in the Week:
SPOTLESS (SPOTLESS SERIES #1) by CAMILLA MONK
About the Book: Island Chaptal — nerdy IT engineer by day, romance novel junkie by night — just walked into her messy New York apartment to find Mr. Right waiting for her. No, wait… Mr. Clean. A gentleman professional killer with a bad case of OCD and zero tolerance for unsorted laundry, March… Keep Reading
ELEANOR OLIPHANT IS COMPLETELY FINE by GAIL HONEYMAN
Synopsis: No one’s ever told Eleanor that life should be better than fine. Meet Eleanor Oliphant: She struggles with appropriate social skills and tends to say exactly what she’s thinking. Nothing is missing in her carefully timetabled life of avoiding social interactions, where weekends are punctuated by frozen pizza, vodka, and phone chats… Keep Reading
Review + Excerpt & Giveaway: The Player and the Pixie (Rugby #2) by L.H. Cosway and Penny Reid
The Player and the Pixie by L.H. Cosway and Penny Reid Publication Date: April 12, 2016 Genres: Contemporary, Romance, Sports, Humor Purchase: Amazon US | Amazon UK | Amazon AU | iBooks | Kobo | Barnes & Noble How can someone so smokin’ hot be so bad in bed? I mean, Sean Cassidy is absolute rubbish. RUBBISH. He is the epitome of walking, talking false advertising… Keep Reading
