Honest, thoughtful, and passionate book reviews and recommendations.
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Sophia Shalmiyev’s Mother Winter is the deeply personal explorative memoir of Shalmiyev’s lifelong desire to know and understand her mother.
Endless thanks to Simon Books for sending this advanced copy!
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Karen Thompson Walker’s The Dreamers is a hauntingly beautiful tale of the mysterious sleeping disease that ravages a small California college town.
★★★★★
Alex Michaelides’ The Silent Patient is the thrilling and fast-paced story of a famous artist who – seemingly unprovoked – shoots her husband in the face and then goes completely silent, and the psychotherapist whose mission is to get her to talk.
★★★★
Susan Orlean’s The Library Book tells the fascinating history of the Los Angeles Public Library, from its small beginnings, to the fire that ravaged it in 1986, and through present day.
★★★★
Liane Moriarty’s Nine Perfect Strangers is the eccentric and witty story of an unconventional and life-changing ten-day wellness retreat whose attendees change each others’ lives in unexpected ways.
★★
Samanta Schweblin’s Mouthful of Birds is a bewildering collection of dark short stories covering a range of human states, such as brokenness, violence, depression, and fear.
★★★★
Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen’s novel The Wife Between Us is the devilishly deceptive and heart-pounding story of two women’s complicated relationships with a charming and charismatic businessman.
