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The Third Rainbow Girl

I sought out The Third Rainbow Girl: The Long Life of a Double Murder in Appalachia (2020) by Emma Copley Eisenberg because of her brilliant 2024 novel Housemates, even though true crime is not a genre I often choose to read. The Third Rainbow Girl is more than just true crime, though, as Copley EisenbergContinue reading “The Third Rainbow Girl”

We Need No Wings

I read We Need No Wings (publication day September 10, 2024) by Ann Dávila Cardinal in one sitting! Teresa, known as Tere, is a literature professor of Puerto Rican descent stuck for the last year after her beloved husband’s unexpected death, until one day, while watering his garden, she begins to levitate. Startled and bewilderedContinue reading “We Need No Wings”

Killers of a Certain Age

I thoroughly enjoyed Killers of a Certain Age (2022) by Deanna Raybourn! While mystery/ thriller is a genre I read now and again, I was not familiar with Deanna Raybourn, but she has an extensive backlist and is an Edgar winner. We meet Billie, Mary Alice, Helen, and Natalie, all 60-something women on the vergeContinue reading “Killers of a Certain Age”

Go As A River

Go As A River (2023) by Shelley Read was a book group selection I probably wouldn’t have chosen myself. I did quite enjoy it, though, despite some unnecessary anti-fat bias in at least one character description. Victoria Nash is a 17-year old living on a Colorado peach farm in 1948, tending house for her father,Continue reading “Go As A River”

Ash

I so enjoyed Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo that I sought out Ash (2009), Lo’s first published novel. A partial gender-swapped sapphic YA re-telling of Cinderella, it won multiple awards, including a Locus and a Lambda. In Ash’s world, there are those who live in the country, or woods, and followContinue reading “Ash”

James

If you’ve been under a rock in the reading community and haven’t yet heard of James by Percival Everett (2024), you can stop right now and go put a hold on it at your library or order it however you typically purchase books. If you listen to audiobooks, I’d highly recommend listening to it, asContinue reading “James”

Movement for Every Body

Movement for Every Body: An Inclusive Fitness Guide for Better Movement–Build mind-body awareness, overcome exercise barriers, and improve mobility by Marcia Dernie, DPT (publication date August 13, 2024) lives up to the promises of its grand title. Dr. Marcia, who also has a website with lots of free content at https://www.doctormarcia.com/, has written a bookContinue reading “Movement for Every Body”

What You Are Looking For is In the Library

I both enjoyed and was annoyed by What You Are Looking For Is in the Library by Michiko Aoyama, translated by Allison Watts (2020). It’s really a series of interconnected short stories, with a couple characters that are in each story–two people that work in a very small library that is located in a communityContinue reading “What You Are Looking For is In the Library”

The Pairing

The Pairing by Casey McQuiston (publication date August 6, 2024) is a delightfully sexy romp through Europe on a food and wine tour with two former best friends and former lovers Theo and Kit. I really loved McQuiston’s Red, White, and Royal Blue and there are so many things I loved about this book! First,Continue reading “The Pairing”

We Could Be So Good and You Should Be So Lucky

I will read anything Cat Sebastian writes, so I very much looked forward to We Could Be So Good (2023) and You Should Be So Lucky (2024), considered her “Midcentury NYC” series, set in the 1950s/1960s in New York City. They have some overlapping characters, but can be read standalone. In We Could Be SoContinue reading “We Could Be So Good and You Should Be So Lucky”