Quick Review: A STUDENT OF HISTORY by Nina Revoyr (Akashic Books)
One person’s introduction to elite strata of Los Angeles society Rick Nagano is a graduate student in the history department at USC, struggling to make rent on his South Los Angeles apartment near the...
View ArticleQuick Review: DAISY JONES & THE SIX by Taylor Jenkins Reid...
A superb “oral history” of a band that rocked the 70s Everyone knows DAISY JONES & THE SIX, but nobody knows the reason behind their split at the absolute height of their popularity… until now....
View ArticleUpcoming: CHANCES ARE… by Richard Russo (Knopf)
Not sure how I managed to miss this until today, but Richard Russo has a new novel coming out this year! (Maybe it’s a late addition to the publisher’s schedule.) One of my favourite writers, I’m...
View ArticleQuick Review: THE PAPER WASP by Lauren Acampora (Riverrun, Grove Press)
An interesting, unsettling novel of obsession and twisted friendship Abby Graven is a dreamer. She dreams her way through her small, lonely life – hiding back at her parents, working at the grocery...
View ArticleInterview with SOPHIE TANNER
Let’s start with an introduction: Who is Sophie Tanner? Hiya! Who is she indeed? Well, I grew up in Devon and Dorset so I’m a west country girl. I was an animal-loving, day-dreaming child who went on...
View ArticleAudio Excerpt: SWEET SORROW by David Nicholls (W.F. Howes)
Today, W.F. Howes publishes the audiobook edition of Sweet Sorrow, the new novel by David Nicholls. I’ve enjoyed a few of Nicholls’s past novels, starting with Starter for Ten and The Understudy which...
View ArticleUpcoming: THE GLASS HOTEL by Emily St. John Mandel (Knopf)
Like many readers, I absolutely loved Emily St. John Mandel‘s Station Eleven. I was, therefore, extremely happy to learn about the author’s follow-up, The Ghost Hotel. We still have quite some time to...
View ArticleUpcoming: AGENCY by William Gibson (Berkley/Viking)
William Gibson needs no introduction. But, just in case: he is one of the father’s of Cyberpunk, and author of the acclaimed Neuromancer (among many other classics). Next year, he returns with a new...
View ArticleUpcoming: THE COMPANIONS by Katie M. Flynn (Scout Press/Gallery)
I stumbled across The Companions by Katie M. Flynn while browsing a Simon & Schuster catalogue. Pitched as “Station Eleven meets Never Let Me Go“, I thought it sounded really intriguing and also...
View ArticleQuick Review: CHANCES ARE… by Richard Russo (Knopf/Allen & Unwin)
Friends for decades, three men reunite for a summer and a mystery from their past resurfaces… One beautiful September day, three men convene on Martha’s Vineyard, friends ever since meeting in college...
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Quick Review: ORMESHADOW by Priya Sharma (Tor.com)
A moving novella about family, story, and overcoming hardship Burning with resentment and intrigue, this fantastical family drama invites readers to dig up the secrets of the Belman family, and wonder...
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Quick Review: THE SUBSTITUTION ORDER by Martin Clark (Knopf)
A clever, intricately plotted and amusing novel about a lawyer’s refusal to concede defeat. Kevin Moore, once a high-flying Virginia attorney, hits rock bottom after an inexplicably tumultuous summer...
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Upcoming: THESE WOMEN by Ivy Pochoda (Ecco)
The next novel by Ivy Pochoda, the author of the acclaimed Wonder Valley (which I still have to read), has been unveiled: These Women, a new crime novel that is described as “a serial killer story like...
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Quick Review: YOUR HOUSE WILL PAY by Steph Cha (Ecco/Faber)
Two families, connected by a decades-old tragedy A powerful and taut novel about racial tensions in Los Angeles, following two families — one Korean-American, one African-American — grappling with the...
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Quick Review: MOLLY BIT by Dan Bevacqua (Simon & Schuster)
The story of the stratospheric rise of an enigmatic Hollywood star and her legacy A tragic death was not part of the script. Molly Bit doesn’t believe she’s destined for success — she knows it. This...
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Quick Review: THE COMPANIONS by Katie M. Flynn (Gallery/Scout Press)
An unsettling novel about a future in which the dead can be uploaded to machines and kept in service by the living. In the wake of a highly contagious virus, California is under quarantine. Sequestered...
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Quick Review: GROWN UPS / ADULTS by Emma Jane Unsworth (Gallery/Scout /...
An amusing, observant novel Jenny McLaine’s life is falling apart. Her friendships are flagging. Her body has failed her. She’s just lost her column at The Foof because she isn’t the fierce voice new...
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Upcoming: CONSENSUAL HEX by Amanda Harlowe (Grand Central / Atlantic)
Consensual Hex has been pitched as “The Craft for the #MeToo era,” which is a pretty intriguing premise. (Very much a fan of The Craft, which I may have seen in the cinema.) Amanda Harlowe‘s debut is...
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Upcoming: MEMOIRS AND MISINFORMATION by Jim Carrey & Dana Vachon (Knopf)
It was announced today that Knopf was pushing back the release date for Memoirs and Misinformation, a new novel by Jim Carrey and Dana Vachon, until September 2020 (maybe October). This was surprising...
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Quick Review: THE UNRAVELING OF CASSIDY HOLMES by Elissa R. Sloan (William...
The dark side of celebrity and early success Cassidy Holmes isn’t just a celebrity. She is “Sassy Gloss,” the fourth member of the hottest pop group America has ever seen. Hotter than Britney dancing...
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