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I'll be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara I am obsessed with this book. It is thorough, empathetic, fact-based -- everything you want a true crime novel to be. Michelle McNamara's passion for the case shines through on every page, and the excellent research she spent hundreds of hours collecting has paid off in … Continue reading What We’re Reading this Week
Adjustment Day by Chuck Palahniuk Adjustment Day is a visceral exploration into the psyche of society. The version of the world in which it is set is not unlike our own: full of unrest, on the brink or war and revolution. To truly enjoy this book though, you must suspend all your beliefs about society … Continue reading What We’re Reading this Week
Mean Girls Club: Pink Dawn by Ryan Heshka Warning: these pages are dangerous! Mean Girls Club is like sailor tattoos, Wanda Jackson records, and Russ Meyer films blended into the perfect pulp comic about sending misogyny to its grave. I read it cover to cover in one sitting and had to pick my jaw up … Continue reading What We’re Reading This Week
The Complete Patrick Melrose Novels by Edward St. Aubyn Pure black comedy and social satire. St. Aubyn uses a classic British understated and absurdist wit to skewer the pomposity of wealth and its side effects. These books are deeply troubling, sadistic, depraved and howlingly funny. Also, soon to be a Showtime miniseries with the likes … Continue reading What We’re Reading This Week
Less by Andrew Sean Greer This week I’m wrapping up Less, the novel that was awarded the Pulitzer-Prize for fiction this year. It’s a book that’s eluded me since its initial release and the announcement of it taking home one of literature’s most revered prizes shocked me. And while I had only seen it in … Continue reading What We’re Reading This Week
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