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Little Wonder, Sophie Chen Keller [A Book Review]
Little Wonder is a tragedy about the separation of a mother and son in a busy rail station in a city they’ve never been to and have…
Contemporary/General Fiction
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Scarlett Undone, Tasha Gold [A Book Review]
It can feel like a failure when everything in your life starts to turn onto its head in your thirties, when you’re supposed to have it all…
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The Last Run, Rachel Weaver [A Book Review]
Now this is my kind of book. A domestic drama featuring motherhood, estranged parents, the immediacy of a hard-line goal and about a million ways for it…
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The Heart of Everything, Marc Levy [Book Review]
The Heart of Everything is a magical tale of fathers and sons and the intricacies of families. Thomas’s father passed away five years ago, but he still…
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Girls Our Age, Pheobe Thompson [Book Review]
This psychologically intense story of female friendship was kind of like a fever dream, if I’m honest. Lily, Ana, and Margot have been friends since they were…
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Book Review:: The Nantucket Inn | Pamela Kelley
Last year I read a book called The Christmas Inn by Pamela Kelley and I LOVED it. It was such a nice, engaging, wholesome novel about family…
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Book Review:: Grace & Henry’s Holiday Movie Marathon | Matthew Norman
For many, the holidays are a time of profound grief. This one is for you. As someone who doesn’t read blurbs, I was not expecting the absolute…
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Book Review:: Save Us | Mona Kasten
The Maxton Hall series has really grown on me, and Save Us is as great an ending for these angsty characters as I could have hoped for.…
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Book Review:: Clementine Crane Prefers Not To | Kristin Bair
Menopause mamas, unite! This new tragi-comedy novel from Kristin Bair is a feminist anthem for women who have sacrificed and organized and put up with TOO MUCH…
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Book Review:: Overdue | Stephanie Perkins
Look at this gorgeous book. I could not wait to sink into this one, and that’s really what it felt like, an immersive almost coming-of-age story about…