Everything Was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt, Ben Reeves [Book Review]
A profound work of life and death and the myriad ways in which we face it. We are born to die. It comes for all of us,…
Literary fiction
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So Late in the Day: Stories of Women and Men, Claire Keegan [A Book Review]
This is my first experience with Claire Keegan, but I already had a hunch I’d love her work from things I’ve heard about it here and there.…
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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 Irish Goodbye | Heather Aimee O’Neill
I love me a good family drama, and The Irish Goodbye by debut author Heather Aimee O’Neill was no exception. When families come together for holidays, it…
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Book Review:: Buckeye | Patrick Ryan
What can I say about this stunning novel except that it will move you. It is a story of life, love and war, family and community, marriage,…
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Book Review:: The Hounding | Xenobe Purvis
The Hounding is a new novel by Xenobe Purvis full of mysticism, skepticism, and general uproar over rumor and gossip that will have consequences for an entire…
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Book Review:: If You Love It, Let It Kill You | Hannah Pittard
I was this today years old when I learned what auto-fiction is. A fictional story using elements from the author’s real life. To be honest, I didn’t…
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Book Review:: The Greatest Possible Good | Ben Brooks
Most people do not live their lives according to their own values. They say they do, they say they support certain things or care about them, but…
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Book Review:: The Accidental Favorite | Fran Littlewood
A tree falls in the woods, and all three of your adult children are standing beneath it. You dive forward to remove one from danger, but the…
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Book Review:: The Correspondent | Virginia Evans
A novel to move you. Sybil’s life is as complex and nuanced as the next, and as someone who corresponds best through the written word, we get…