The Bees by Laline Paull
Strikingly different. Original. Bizarre. Awe-inspiring. Mystical. These are phrases used to describe Laline Paull’s The Bees, and it’s...
The Martian by Andy Weir
One night three years ago, my father—my healthy, funny, beloved father—went to sleep and did not wake up. He was a truly brilliant guy....
Seveneves by Neil Stephenson
I’m going to veer off in a different direction this week and review what has got to be the weirdest, most epic book I’ve ever read. I’ll...
Primates of Park Avenue by Wednesday Martin
Oh my. Where to begin? Primates of Park Avenue might be the buzzy book of the summer, at least among the demographic of well-off women in...
Luckiest Girl Alive by Jessica Knoll
The protagonist of Luckiest Girl Alive has the worst name in the history of fiction. Plus, the novel opens with the main character...
I Am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes
When you're wounded and left on Afghanistan's plains, And the women come out to cut up what remains, Just roll to your rifle and blow out...
All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
“Every hour, she thinks, someone for whom the war was memory falls out of the world.” We tend to think of World War II as defined by its...
A Pleasure and A Calling By Phil Hogan
Have you ever sold a house? Okay, take a moment and picture…a real estate agent. Usually very likable people, right? Most likely you...
Purity by Jonathan Franzen
Hoo boy. I have been waiting for five years for Jonathan Franzen to release his latest work. First off, let me elaborate as to why I like...
Mennonite in a Little Black Dress by Rhoda Janzen
Since I’m not bursting with superlatives about any of my recent reads, I decided to go with book published in 2010: the memoir Mennonite...