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Awake in the Floating City: A Novel
by Susanna Kwan
Post-Apocalyptic Possibilities? (5/15/2025)
Susanna Kwan's first novel, Awake in the Floating City, drew me into a post-apocalyptic San Francisco where survivors live in the top floors of flooded buildings where near-constant rains continue to wash away the remnants of civilization. At first, I was a reluctantmore
Ordinary Love: A Novel
by Marie Rutkoski
Love is Love (4/16/2025)
Emily is the central character of Marie Rutkoski's novel "Ordinary Love." We met her at her country home in upstate New York with her husband Jack, 10-year-old son Connor, and his younger sister Stella. Emily's confronting Jack concerning an incident with the childrenmore
Three Days in June: A Novel
by Anne Tyler
Three Days in June and Many Lifetimes! (12/6/2024)
I love Anne Tyler's books--that hasn't changed over the 50 years I've been reading them. I especially love the way she portrays her characters' feelings and frailties as she does in "Three Days in June," which focuses on the day before, of, and after Gail's daughter Debbie'more
Girl Falling: A Novel
by Hayley Scrivenor
Another Girl Book? (10/2/2024)
My first reaction to Hayley Scrivenor's novel, "Girl Falling," was the use of "girl" in the title. The success of "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" has made "girl" titles so common that I find it off-putting! The novel is well-crafted, but I found it difficult to like themore
Bright and Tender Dark
by Joanna Pearson
Bright and Tender Dark by Joanna Pearson (4/3/2024)
Joanna Pearson's first novel, Bright and Tender Dark, focuses on the January 2000 murder of college student Karlie. Part mystery and part commentary on generational change, we hear the story first from the perspective of Joy, Karlie's freshman year roommate, and others—more
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