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Signal Fires by Dani Shapiro

Signal Fires by Dani Shapiro Listening to the audio narrated by the author was an extra pleasure. Shapiro knows something…

Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

 Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver Kingsolver transports the reader into one young man's heartbreaking life in a manner that feels…

The Nine Lives of Rose Napolitano by Donna Freitas

The Nine Lives of Rose Napolitano by Donna Freitas Having heard this book compared to Atkinson's Life after Life, I…

Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus I was excited to read this after all the hype. It is a funny…

If I Survive You by Jonathan Escoffery

If I Survive You by Jonathan Escoffery This book's power is made even more sharp by its economy, it's exactitude.…

Crying in the Bathroom by Erika L. Sánchez

Crying in the Bathroom by Erika L. Sánchez This is a memoir of inter-connected, more or less chronological essays that…

Zero O’Clock by C.J. Farley

Zero O'Clock by C.J. Farley In the first line of CJ Farley’s latest novel, Zero O'Clock, Geth Montego says she…

Mt. Moriah’s Wake by Melissa Norton Carro

Mt. Moriah's Wake by Melissa Norton Carro Melissa Carro has written a stunning debut about trauma and loss and persevering…

Leaving Coy’s Hill by Katherine A. Sherbrooke

Leaving Coy's Hill by Katherine A. Sherbrooke With incredible elegance and insight, Leaving Coy's Hill strikes a perfect balance between historical…

Plain Bad Heroines by Emily M. Danforth

Plain Bad Heroines by Emily M. Danforth Okay, so a haunted girls boarding school set in Little Compton, Rhode Island...…