I received an advance reader’s copy (ARC) of The Swimmers by Julie Otsuka. Since this version is just a proof and not the final version, I won’t quote directly and will keep my comments general. The Swimmers follows the various people who exercise at their community pool. Their lives are shattered, however, when a mysterious …
Tag: fiction
Book Review | Well Matched
In Well Matched, we return to Willow Creek, where April is facing several changes. She’s just turned forty, she’s about to become an empty nester, and is planning to leave this small town at last. However, then her friend Mitch asks her to pretend to be his girlfriend at an upcoming gathering to get his …
Book Review | Poison for Breakfast
Snicket, you weirdo, thank you for this gem. In Poison for Breakfast, Lemony Snicket sits down to breakfast, and afterwards finds a note that says “you had poison for breakfast.” Bewildered, he sets out to find which of the foods he ate is going to kill him, and so we are taken on a quirky …
Book Review | Fault Lines (ARC)
I received an advance reader’s copy (ARC) of Fault Lines by Emily Itami. Since this version is just a proof and not the final version, I won’t quote directly and will keep my comments general. I love days when I read an entire book from start to finish, which is what I did with this …
Book Review | The Reading List (ARC)
I received an advance reader’s copy (ARC) of The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams. Since this version is just a proof and not the final version, I won’t quote directly and will keep my comments general. In The Reading List, Mukesh has been mourning his wife for two years. His life in Wembley is …
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