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,…
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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:: 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…
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Book Review:: Intermezzo | Sally Rooney
I am perpetually entranced by the writing of Sally Rooney. Her prose is simple and sad, poetic and deeply honest. Each of her novels feels like a…
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Book Review:: Wild Dark Shore | Charlotte McConaghy
A few years ago I was in a phase of absolutely inhaling books for a minute there. Most of what I read then is now a blur,…
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Book Review:: I’ll Come To You | Rebecca Kauffman
This book is my cup of tea. Like drinking a strong cup of tea at the exact right temperature, really. It warmed me up from the inside…