Dream Girl

 

Title: Dream Girl

Author: Laura Lippman

Publisher: HarperAudio

 
ISBN: 9780062390158

 

Thoughts: Very interesting culmination, but the twists felt off, and I seem to have lost a few threads from the start to finish.

 

Rating: 3/5

Election

 

Title: Election

Author: Tom Perrotta

Publisher: Berkley

 
ISBN: 9780425167281

 

Thoughts:  While I enjoyed the almost mockumentary style, I feel like the book seemed more scandalous when it came out than it does today.

 

Rating: 3/5

We All Want Impossible Things

 

Title: We All Want Impossible Things

Author: Catherine Newman

Publisher: Harper

 
ISBN: 9780063230897

 

Thoughts: A raw yet often humorous story about grieving and dying.

 

Rating: 4/5

Other Birds

 

Title: Other Birds

Author: Sarah Addison Allen

Publisher: St. Martin's Press

 
ISBN: 9781250019868

 

Thoughts: Another great work of magical realism from Allen that explores families of all varieties, including those no longer living.

 

Rating: 4/5

Stacking the Shelves: 12/4-12/24

Received from Owl Post:

 

Arcadia Burns by Kai Meyer

The Glare by Margot Harrison

 

Burn Our Bodies Down by Rory Power 

 

Bought on Amazon:

 

Good Sh*t by Julia Blohberger & Roos Neeter

The Kingdom of Back

 

Title: The Kingdom of Back

Author: Marie Lu

Publisher: Listening Library

 
ISBN: n/a

 

Thoughts:  I really enjoyed the historical fiction aspect of this book, but I had trouble giving into the fantasy, although the author's note at the end offered explanation for some of the things that were hanging me up.

 

Rating: 3/5

If I Survive You

 

Title: If I Survive You

Author: Jonathan Escoffery

Publisher: MCD

 
ISBN: 9780374605988

 

Thoughts:  Escoffery has a unique voice that really draws the reader in, even as he plays with styles among these connected short stories.

 

Rating: 4/5

Six of Crows

 

Title: Six of Crows

Author: Leigh Bardugo

Publisher: Penguin Audio

 
ISBN: n/a

 

Thoughts:  This book was just a very average read for me - nothing stood out in either direction.

 

Rating: 3/5

The Guncle

 

Title: The Guncle

Author: Stephen Rowley

Publisher: Penguin Audio

 
ISBN: n/a

 

Thoughts:  Heartfelt and hilarious story of an uncle and his niece and nephew learning to live with grief.

 

Rating: 4/5

Sisters First

 

Title: Sisters First: Stories from Our Wild and Wonderful Life

Author: Jenna Bush Hager & Barbara Pierce Bush

Publisher: Blackstone Audio

 
ISBN: 9781478996460

 

Thoughts:  Enjoyable, but despite the title, this still seemed very superficial; definitely does as poignant as Everything Beautiful in Its Time.

 

Rating: 3/5

Demon Copperhead

 

Title: Demon Copperhead

Author: Barbara Kingsolver

Publisher: HarperAudio

 
ISBN: 9788212037273

 

Thoughts:  A modern retelling of David Copperfield that will haunt the reader with its rawness and humanity.

 

Rating: 5/5

Stacking the Shelves: 11/20-12/3

LibraryThing Early Review:

 

Inside the Storm I Want to Touch the Tremble by Carolyn Oliver

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The Good Widow by Jennifer Katz

Stay True

 

Title: Stay True

Author: Hua Hsu

Publisher: Doubleday Books

 
ISBN: 9780385547772

 

Thoughts:  This angst-ridden, melancholy, yet at times pretentious memoir really captures the feel of Hsu's formative years, but those qualities can also make it unattractive.

 

Rating: 3/5

Phoebe and Her Unicorn in Unicorn Theater

 

Title: Phoebe and Her Unicorn in Unicorn Theater

Author: Dana Simpson

Publisher: Andrews McMeels Publishing

 
ISBN: 9781449489816

 

Thoughts:  Fun full-length tale about true friendship.

 

Rating: 4/5