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Judging a Book by Its Lover: A Field Guide to the Hearts and Minds of Readers...
Harper Perennial, October 2012 Judging a Book by Its Lover: A Field Guide to the Hearts and Minds of Readers Everywhere (Amazon) Judging a Book by Its Lover is a sharp, funny look at the world of books...
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Crazy Rich Asians
Doubleday, June 2013 “I don’t think she cares how fat her ankles get. Do you know how much she inherited when her father died? I heard she and her five brothers got seven hundred million each.” When...
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I Can Barely Take Care of Myself: Tales from a Happy Life Without Kids
Simon & Schuster, April 2013 I Can Barely Take Care of Myself is comedienne Jen Kirkman’s humorous look at her decision to have a life without children. A decision that is questioned and...
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Dear Committee Members
Doubleday, August 2014 If every member of the human race evinced a fondness for literature and even a moderate level of dexterity with the written word, I would be a happier, if not more...
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Dear Committee Members by Julie Schumacher
We moved into our new house this week but it is still unfinished so my mental ability to write new reviews is shot. Until I can get back to the important things in life (and all this construction...
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The Stager by Susan Coll
Given that we’re still in the midst of our home remodel I thought it appropriate to re-publish this review The Stager, a book I loved from 2014. It’s just been released in paperback and is a hilarious...
View ArticleLookaway, Lookaway
I’ll do my best not to overindulge in Civil War metaphors but I tore through Lookaway Lookaway faster than Sherman went through Atlanta. Wilton Barnhardt has written an addictive novel of the...
View ArticleFuriously Happy
I have learned that every person in the world is on the spectrum of mental illness. Many people barely register on the scale, while others have far more than they could be expected to handle. Even...
View ArticleHow to Tell Toledo from the Night Sky
For many, there are few ideas more compelling than that of perfect love. To meet the one person who understands you at your deepest level and loves you unconditionally; a true soulmate. Lydia Netzer...
View ArticleThe Sellout: A Novel
How do you review a book when you’re not quite certain that you should or even that you should have been allowed to read it? This was the question in my mind after finishing Paul Beatty’s The...
View ArticleEligible: A Modern Retelling of Pride and Prejudice
In case you weren’t aware or hadn’t noticed the subtitle, Curtis Sittenfeld’s new novel Eligible is a retelling of the Jane Austen classic Pride and Prejudice. If you’re a purist about your classics,...
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How to Party with an Infant
At twenty-eight Mele Bart finds herself as a single mother, because after giving birth to daughter Ellie her boyfriend Bobby tells her he was “kind of engaged” to someone else. What?! Not one to...
View ArticleIt’s Not You, It’s Me: Today Will Be Different
If Herman Koch is the master at writing all the unpleasant things we might think about our fellow man, then Maria Semple is the heart behind the tough things we think about ourselves. In her newest...
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Small Admissions: A Novel
Small Admissions is an example of a book whose writing goes the same way as its plot. Confused? I know, it’s weird, but what I mean is that it’s the story of a young woman named Kate whose life goes...
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Bellweather Rhapsody
Remember the movie The Shining? If so, forget what you thought about it in relation to Stephen King’s book and just recall its many amazing visuals. Now, turn it into a campy musical, turn it back...
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The Arrangement: A Novel by Sarah Dunn
How to describe Sarah Dunn’s new novel The Arrangement? All that is in my head is the Seinfeld episode where Jerry and Elaine decide to break the standards of friends and become...
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Goodbye, Vitamin: A Novel
Rachel Khong’s debut novel, Goodbye, Vitamin begins with a young woman named Ruth making the trip home for the holidays and her mother asking her if she could stay for a while longer because of her...
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Fitness Junkie: A Novel
There are many things that make being a booklover wonderful, but one that makes me positively giddy is when a book finds me when I need it most. That feeling of a book that knows what you need and...
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Sourdough: A Novel by Robin Sloan
September has already been a month of heavy (literally) reading. Namely, Ken Follett’s latest, which clocked in at a daunting 928 pages. It is one of those times when I have loved having an e-book...
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Literally Me by Julie Houts
After the heavy reading of Hillbilly Elegy, I needed something light and fun. With nothing at hand, I resorted to my favorite option—wandering the library. Within five minutes I’d found what looked...
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