A 1992 comic book movie adaptation links the lives of four teenage strangers. Though they live in different parts of the US, over the next two decades their lives intersect in surprising ways. I really like books and movies that feature interconnected stories and characters so I’ve been looking forward to reading In Some Other […]
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I love a good dysfunctional family story, and This is Where I Leave You features the ultimate family train wreck. In this book, the Foxman family gathers to remember their recently deceased father Mort. He wants them to sit shiva for a week, and that brings the family under one roof for socializing, reflecting, and […]
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Colleen Hoover’s books always bring on the feels and Ugly Love certainly gave me a knot in my stomach as I was reading it. Miles is an airline pilot who is broken, and Tate is the nurse who wants to heal him. Miles comes with a list of rules and restrictions, but Tate thinks whatever […]
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California is Edan Lepucki’s debut novel, and she won the jackpot when Stephen Colbert talked it up on his show. California caught my eye though because it’s a futuristic book set in my home state, and dystopias set in your own backyard just add that extra layer of creepy. California is about a marriage, a […]
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Your new favorite Rainbow Rowell book is on sale today! With Landline, Rowell is back with another book for adult readers, her first since Attachments. This book is about a marriage in trouble. Can it be saved with a phone call to the past? A little time travel hocus-pocus could make this couple remember what […]
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The Snow Queen is Michael Cunningham’s (The Hours) latest release. The Snow Queen is the “it” book to re-imagine these days – just look at Disney’s smash-hit Frozen. Cunningham’s book is not a traditional fairy tale per se but does owe a nod to the Hans Christian Anderson classic with its dreamy, magical quality. The […]
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