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If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio Wow, this book was a wild ride! I was instantly drawn in by lovingly-created complex characters, and an intensely involving plot. It's hard to believe this is Rio's debut novel! It was a hard book to put down and kept me up til the wee hours of the … Continue reading What We’re Reading This Week
Not One Day by Anne Garréta Texas is hot. This book is hotter. (And more beautiful and complex and surprising and will make you want to go out and live, love, travel, and climb so you can one day hope to write such a scorcher.) —Molly The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood … Continue reading What We’re Reading This Week
20th Century Ghosts by Joe Hill 20th Century Ghosts called out to me when brainstorming ideas for the book I'd select as my Summer Reads pick. It came to me suddenly, I thought, "What captures the feeling of summer better than ghost stories told 'round the campfire?" Joe Hill's tales, however, aren't just a pack … Continue reading What We’re Reading This Week
You Don't Have to Like Me: Essays on Growing Up, Speaking Out, and Finding Feminism by Alida Nugent You Don't Have to Like Me is light, informative, and downright funny. This book of short, clever, feminist essays is perfect for reading between dips in the pool, or at all once on a lazy day! Alida … Continue reading What We’re Reading This Week
The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller Every positive thing you've heard about this book is true! Greek mythology based fiction is quickly becoming a new love of mine. The myth of Achilles is an interesting one, but even more fascinating when told through the eyes of his lover, Patroclus. The prose is breathtaking and … Continue reading What We’re Reading This Week
There There by Tommy Orange It’s hard to say you love a book like There There by Tommy Orange — It’s more accurate to say that the book is a brilliantly woven tapestry — of people and place, of history and present day, of violence and community — that will make you cry and leave … Continue reading What We’re Reading This Week
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
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