Show Don't Tell - Curtis Sittenfeld (Penguin Random House, 2025) Until a trusted book friend recommended Romantic Comedy to me, I had not given Curtis Sittenfeld's work much thought. I had, I'll admit, judged it by its covers which looked to me both juvenile and fluffy. I took my friend's advice though and read (or… Continue reading Book Review: Show Don’t Tell by Curtis Sittenfeld
Sankofa - Chibundu Onuzo (Tantor Media, 2021) Anna is at a crossroads in her life. She has separated from her husband and is pondering divorce. Her mother has recently died. Anna worries about her daughter but Rose is grown and mostly independent. When going through her mother's things, Anna finds a diary that belonged to… Continue reading (Audio) Book Review: Sankofa by Chibundu Onuzo
Follow Me to Ground - Sue Rainsford (Scribner, 2018) I do enjoy a novel that involves an entirely unfamiliar premise. Something set in our world but with a premise that could exist here. There's something very bold about the way that Sue Rainsford structures her story so that the reader is never quite sure where… Continue reading Book Review: Follow Me to Ground by Sue Rainsford
All the Other Mothers Hate Me - Sarah Harman (G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2025) Florence loves her 10-year-old son, Dylan, but she certainly isn't the typical mom in the pick-up line at his posh all-boys school in London. First of all she's American (sometimes abrasively so). She's much younger than most of the other moms, having… Continue reading Book Review: All the Other Mothers Hate Me by Sarah Harman
River East, River West - Aube Rey Lescure (William Morrow, 2024) I received an Uncorrected Proof via the publisher of this book. All opinions are my own. Alva was born in China and has lived her whole life in Shanghai. This is only remarkable for the fact that Alva's mother, Sloan, is a Caucasian American… Continue reading Book Review: River East, River West by Aube Rey Lescure
Present Tense Machine - Gunnhild Oyehaug (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2022) (translated from Norwegian by Kari Dickson) This is a book more about a concept than a story. Which isn't to say it's not an interesting book, it's just a book where it's more about the idea than the plot or the characters. Anna and… Continue reading Book Review: Present Tense Machine by Gunnhild Oyehaug
I Hope This Finds You Well - Natalie Sue (Harper Collins Audio, 2024) (narrated by Nasim Pedrad) Jolene hates her soul-sucking office job and her one release is to write snarky postscripts at the end of her work emails. These she then highlights and turns to white-coloured font so no one can actually see them.… Continue reading (Audio) Book Review: I Hope This Finds You Well by Natalie Sue
Rental House - Weike Wang (Penguin Random House, 2024) I received a complimentary audio copy of this via Libro.fm. All opinions are my own. Rental House follows a couple - Keru and Nate - several years into their marriage. They are young professionals, living in New York City, childless by choice, owners of a large… Continue reading (Audio) Book Review: Rental House
Familial Hungers - Christine Wu (Brick Books, 2025) Reading this slim book of poems, I was reminded of a long ago conversation with a friend who firmly believed that there needed to be a sixth love language. "Food", she would say. "Food is a love language." Food, both the love of it and its preparation… Continue reading Book Review: Familial Hungers by Christine Wu
Dream Count - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Knopf Canada, 2025) I've been a fan of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's work since I first read Half of a Yellow Sun and I've since read everything else by her, including her non-fiction work. I've find her writing to be incisive and informative. I immediately added her new book to… Continue reading Book Review: Dream Count by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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