I can’t stop talking to people about The Ghosts of Eden Park by Karen Abbott. This book knocked me off my feet. It is such a fascinating history of prohibition and bootlegging while also being a great biography of some terrible people. Plus, there is murder! I knew very little about bootlegging apart from the little …
I was already a huge Edgar Cantero fan but finally getting around to his English debut, The Supernatural Enhancements, cemented him as a favorite, auto-buy author for me. The format of this novel was the first thing that pulled me in. Told entirely through documents (such as notes, letters, and transcripts of videos and voice recordings, …
Temporary by Hilary Leichter is absurdism at its best. The narrator fills in for a variety of temporary jobs, from chairman of the board to a crew member on a pirate ship. In addition to all of her jobs, she is dealing with her 18 boyfriends. This book is an absolute joy to read. The …
I was shocked when my friend Abi alerted me that I had not written a review yet for this absolutely wonderful joy of a book. I read it back in February and it is still my favorite read of the year (and I’ve read a lot of great things this year). Winter in Chicago can …
I have been missing Chicago like crazy and so finding THE MOST FUN WE EVER HAD by Claire Lombardo couldn’t have come at a better time. While covering a large period of time and having quite a bit of plot, THE MOST FUN WE EVER HAD, the story of the Sorenson family, is deeply a …
Trying to catch up on reviews, I reached out to my Facebook world and asked what books people wanted reviews of.* Taylor chose You by Caroline Kepnes. Perfect, I thought. I know I wrote a review of this one on Goodreads. Well, that’s not very helpful. While I still find this review to be very funny, let’s …
How do you make friends in a town when everyone is always moving away and your family stays? “Friend or Fiction” is a beautiful story about what it means to be a good friend as well as showing that there is no such thing as a perfect friend. Cooper explores some extremely heavy topics with …
The Liar tells the story of Nofar, an unremarkable girl whose whole life changes one summer when she tells a lie that spirals out of control, changing the lives of many people around her. I am of two, very conflicting minds about this book. First, the positives. Ayelet Gundar-Goshen is a beautiful writer. She has …
Middle School is HARD and Pipi’s eighth grade experience made me so glad to be so far away from my experiences. Pipi has had something humiliating happen to her every year since she started kindergarten (and she won’t even talk about what happened in 7th grade) but she has decided that 8th grade is going …
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