Dolly Alderton’s debut novel “Ghosts” arrived with considerable expectations. Known for her memoir “Everything I Know About Love” and her popular podcast “The High Low,” Alderton has established herself as a keen observer of millennial relationships. In “Ghosts,” she navigates the treacherous waters of modern dating with unflinching honesty and acerbic wit, delivering a story […]
Caroline Kepnes returns with a hypnotic third installment in the You series, You Love Me, delivering a thriller that’s slower in blood but deeper in dissection. The infamous Joe Goldberg is back, not in New York or L.A., but nestled in the wooded calm of Bainbridge Island, Washington. He’s doing things differently now—at least, that’s […]
Sunday People by Jo Ann Kiser Genre: Literary Fiction ISBN: 9798891325777 Print Length: 194 pages Publisher: Atmosphere Press Amazon Bookshop Reviewed by Haley Perry From religion and history to trauma and affairs, Sunday People navigates the legacies that tie people together. “I am dying. I look at my family, as I’m doing right now in […]
Caroline Kepnes’s You is not just a novel—it’s a meticulously woven psychological web, spun by a narrator who is equal parts charismatic, chilling, and catastrophically delusional. Set in the modern landscape of digital footprints and performative identity, this first book in the You series introduces us to Joe Goldberg, a seemingly charming bookstore clerk in […]
No Short Cuts by Randolph Fenton Genre: Self-Help / Music & Film ISBN: 9781036900267 Print Length: 295 pages Amazon Reviewed by Toni Woodruff Self-help meets musical motivation in this unconventional book set to a curated soundtrack. No Short Cuts: Life Journeys Through Music and Film is a creative & quirkyself-help book to get you motivatedand […]
There’s something perversely hypnotic about following a narrator who openly acknowledges their own repulsiveness. In “Eileen,” Ottessa Moshfegh’s brilliantly unsettling debut novel, we meet one of contemporary literature’s most unapologetically squalid protagonists: twenty-four-year-old Eileen Dunlop, a woman so consumed by self-loathing that reading her story feels like watching someone slowly peel off their own skin. […]
Immortality: a Love Story by Dana Schwartz on February 28, 2023 Genres: Juvenile Fiction / Fantasy & Magic, Juvenile Fiction / Historical / General, Juvenile Fiction / Love & Romance, Young Adult Fiction / Alternative History, Young Adult Fiction / Fantasy / Historical, Young Adult Fiction / Historical / Europe, Young Adult Fiction / Mysteries […]
In a world that demands constant acquiescence, Dr. Sunita Sah’s “Defy: The Power of No in a World That Demands Yes” arrives as a revelatory examination of our tendency to comply even when every fiber of our being screams otherwise. This timely work arrives at a cultural inflection point when many are questioning the social […]
Sydney, Bean and the Missing Gloves by Janice E. Collins Genre: Children’s Picture Book ISBN: 9798891325081 Print Length: 34 pages Amazon Bookshop Reviewed by Jaylynn Korrell A charming story about sisterhood, friendship, and two very determined dogs Even the bravest of dogs can be scared sometimes. Just ask Sydney, a Labrador Retriever who, despite the […]
In a world where advice is freely dispensed on every corner of the internet—often unsolicited and questionably qualified—Dolly Alderton’s collection of agony aunt letters and responses feels like a comforting conversation with a trusted friend. Dear Dolly by Dolly Alderton compiles the most compelling exchanges from her Sunday Times Style column, creating a tapestry of […]