Honest, thoughtful, and passionate book reviews and recommendations.
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Mary Pauline Lowry’s The Roxy Letters is the hilarious, wonderfully weird story of an Austin, Texas-native 20-something with big plans to become an artist and take down the Lululemon that’s replaced her favorite local video store – if only she can find the motivation.
Thanks to Simon Books for the free book!
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Emily St. John Mandel’s The Glass Hotel tells the non-linear stories of a long con gone wrong, a beautiful young woman’s disappearance, and these stories’ ground zero – the hotel on an isolated island in British Columbia.
Thanks to A.A. Knopf for the free book!
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Megan Giddings’ Lakewood is the fascinating, unsettling story of a young woman who – in desperate need of money to support her family after her grandmother dies – opts into a mysterious medical experimentation program.
Thanks to Bibliofinder and Amistad Books for the free review copy!
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Rebecca Serle’s In Five Years is the wonderfully surprising and heartbreaking story of a very Type A corporate lawyer in New York City who has stringently planned her future, but who may have to learn that life doesn’t always go exactly as planned.
Thank you to Atria Books for the free book!
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Aravind Adiga’s Amnesty is the deeply pensive story of an illegal immigrant to Australia who has important information about a murder but fears deportation if he contacts the authorities.
Thanks to Scribner for the free book!
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Kiley Reid’s Such a Fun Age is the
Thanks to Putnam for the free book!
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Emily St. John Mandel’s Station Eleven tells the story of a pandemic that kills a majority of the population, leaving the survivors in a shockingly realistic post-apocalyptic world.
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Rye Curtis’s Kingdomtide is a sparing, motley story of an elderly woman’s struggle to survive after a plane crash strands her in the Montana wilderness, the park ranger who leads her rescue efforts, and the intimate struggles facing each of them.
Thank you to Little Brown for the advanced copy of this book!
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Jodi Picoult’s A Spark of Light is the highly affecting and timely story of a shooting at an abortion clinic and how each person impacted found themselves there, on that fateful day.
Thank you, Random House, for the free book!
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Delia Owens’ Where the Crawdads Sing is the fascinating, wistful story of a young girl living in the North Carolina marshes who must fend for herself when, one by one, her family leaves her.
