Fiction Reviews

“It all began at a barbecue.” And so Liane Moriarty’s latest novel begins. It seemed innocent enough, but with a title like ...

They say bad things come in threes, and maybe I’m being a bit dramatic, but I’m really hoping this latest read is ...

On an Indian reservation in 1988, a woman is attacked but the details are immediately unclear as Geraldine is reluctant to discuss ...

I read American Gods hoping to create some personal excitement for the new series on Starz (which premiered on April 30), but ...

Is everyone else looking forward to Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale as much as I am? The trailer gives me chills. I had ...

My latest Book of the Month selection explored the concept of a utopian society – a nice change of pace from the ...

When I sat down with Jodi Picoult’s latest novel Small Great Things, I admit I hadn’t read a description. One of my ...

Usually when I finish a novel that I really enjoyed and think Scott would like it, I recommend he read it too. ...

I never read George Orwell’s 1984 in high school. I also never read Animal Farm until my boss recommended it to me ...

Marilynne Robinson is perhaps best known for her Gilead series, of which the first novel was published to much acclaim about 25 ...

A story about a small town in Georgia starts at UC Berkeley with a group of four unlikely friends. In an alternate ...

I have never read Ann Patchett before, even though Bel Canto has long been on my to-read list. I had requested her ...

The title of All the Ugly and Wonderful Things really got it right. Bryn Greenwood’s novel is about a little girl, Wavy, ...

Anita Diamant’s novel The Boston Girl had been on my to-read list for a while and when it finally got selected for ...

I read Tana French’s first Dublin Murder Squad novel, In the Woods, about a year and a half ago. It reminded me ...

One of my book clubs unanimously selected The Underground Railroad for our latest meeting, and I was really excited. I began reading ...

When my Book of the Month email came a few weeks ago with the January selections, Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk immediately ...

I don’t usually read books with the intention of making a specific food for the blog (with the exception of Pumpkin because I ...

When given the choice to remain in an eternity of solitary monotony or to move into the dangerous unknown to marry a ...

The movie in 2004 was my first exposure to Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events. I still haven’t read the books, ...