Miracle Creek Author: Angie Kim This book was recommended to me by a friend who reads way more than I do. It’s the first novel for this author, so first, I checked out the reviews – it scored 3.94 on GoodReads, and it’s labeled a bestseller on Barnes & Noble with an average of 4.3 in positive reviews. Given all that, I was disappointed to find it just a bit hard to … [Read more...]

Four Seasons in Rome: On Twins, Insomnia, and the Biggest Funeral in the History of the World By Anthony Doerr Anthony Doerr is the author of the 2014 novel All the Light We Cannot See, which won a Pulitzer Prize in 2015 and was a New York Times bestseller. While he was writing that novel, he was offered a fellowship in literature by the American Academy. That offer … [Read more...]

The Handmaid’s TaleAuthor: Margaret Atwood  Margaret Atwood wrote The Handmaid’s Tale over 30 years ago, and it has been a number one worldwide bestseller. It is a bestseller at Barnes and Noble with four stars and is rated four stars on Goodreads. So, just the fact that it has remained popular all this time (popular enough to have been made into a recent miniseries on … [Read more...]

Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine Author: Gail Honeyman A few days ago, I saw this book in paperback in the grocery store. I had seen it in hardback in the bookstores for some time and on recent book recommendation websites. As the cover indicates, it was a number one New York Times bestseller and a “Reese’s Book Club” choice. It also got 4.3 stars on Goodreads and 4.6 … [Read more...]