The Mirror & the Light
The Mirror & the Light by Hilary Mantel (Book 3) A novel of the final four years in the life of Thomas Cromwell and the court of Henry VIII, The […]
The Unlikely Adventures of the Shergill Sisters
The Unlikely Adventures of the Shergill Sisters by Balli Kaur Jaswal Deathbed wishes (commands) come in many guises. For British-born Punjabi sisters Rajini, Jezmeen, and Shirina, their mother’s last wish […]
The Uninvited Guests
The Uninvited Guests by Sadie Jones It is not often that a book surprises me, but The Uninvited Guests did. At first glance, The Uninvited Guests appears to bea country […]
The Lowland
The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri The latest novel from Jhumpa Lahiri, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Interpreter of Maladies and The Namesake, concerns Subhash and Udayan, two brothers growing up […]
The Lincoln Highway
The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles Amor Towles’ newest novel, The Lincoln Highway, is an engaging combination of Boys’ Own magazine and Homeric epic, and decidedly different from either of […]
The Library Book
The Library Book by Susan Orlean No surprise–I loved The Library by Susan Orlean. But it is not a typical narrative non-fiction like Orlean’s earlier books. The book’s chapters are […]
The Jane Austen Society
The Jane Austen Society by Natalie Jenner In 1945, the tiny village of Chawton is coping with the after effects of WWII. Its most famous resident, Jane Austen, who lived […]
The Improbability of Love
The Improbability of Love by Hannah Rothschild In The New York Times review of her novel The Improbability of Love, author Hannah Rothschild (yes, those Rothschilds) said, “I don’t know […]
The Imperfectionists
The Imperfectionists by Tom Rachman The newspaper was a loser, even before the internet. The decision by an otherwise savvy Atlanta businessman to publish an international English-language newspaper in Rome […]
The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store
The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride I am turning into my mother, and when I recently caught myself deep in a Southern Windup (SWU) I knew the […]
The Hazelbourne Ladies Motorcycle and Flying Club
The Hazelbourne Ladies Motorcycle and Flying Club by Helen Simonson Like many young women in post WWI England, Constance Haverhill is unemployed. Having taken a job as an estate manager […]
The Guncle
The Guncle by Steven Rowley Patrick O’Hara, a once-famous gay sitcom star, quite enjoys his niece and nephew’s brief visits to his stylish home in Palm Springs. But when their […]
The Good Lord Bird
The Good Lord Bird by James McBride As you know, my book club is a serious group. But every year we try to select a light hearted book with no […]
The Fifth Season
The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin The Fifth Season takes place on a planet called the Stillness. Not our earth exactly, but a place with recognizable features like oceans and […]
Friends of the Museum
Friends of the Museum by Heather McGowan Recently when buying a book at my local bookstore, the clerk said, as she cheerfully took my credit card, “It [ my purchase] […]