Velvet Was the Night, Silvia Moreno-Garcia Set in Mexico City in the 1970s, Velvet Was the Night follows the lives…
How Much of These Hills is Gold, C Pam Zhang This book ended up surprising me. I am normally not…
The Liars’ Gospel, Naomi Alderman Alderman is better known today for her novel The Power, which won the Women’s Prize…
The Shining Girls, Lauren Beukes The Shining Girls is a novel I would never have chosen to read on my…
Hamnet, Maggie O’Farrell This novel is called Hamnet, after Shakespeare’s son who died as a child, but it is really…
It has been way too long since I have been able to write one of these posts! My biannual reading…
The Duke and I, The Viscount Who Loved Me, and An Offer from a Gentleman,”(Bridgerton novels), Julia Quinn I have…
Where the Crawdads Sing, Delia Owens Given all the praise and general excitement I’ve seen for this book, as well…
You Exist Too Much, Zaina Arafat You Exist Too Much is set in various places around the world in modern…
Dominicana, Angie Cruz Dominicana tells the coming-of-age story of a young woman form the Dominican Republic who marries a man…