Sam

 

Title: Sam

Author: Allegra Goodman

Publisher: Books on Tape

 
ISBN: 9780593612743

 

Thoughts: Rather bleak coming-of-age tale.

Rating: 3/5

The Sweet Spot

 

Title: The Sweet Spot

Author: Amy Poeppel

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio

 
ISBN: 9781797149806

 

Thoughts: If you like multiple narrators who all come together in a crazy patchwork, this is the novel for you.

Rating: 4/5

The Rabbit Hutch

 

Title: The Rabbit Hutch

Author: Tess Gunty

Publisher: Knopf

 
ISBN: 9780593534663

 

Thoughts: Hard-to-describe but very interesting story about a variety of interconnected characters that will appeal to fans of Jennifer Egan.

Rating: 3/5

Lost in the Never Woods

 

Title: Lost in the Never Woods

Author: Aiden Thomas

Publisher: Macmillan Audio

 
ISBN: n/a

 

Thoughts: This dark fantasy started off so well, but as it went off, some plot points were just not jelling for me, and it felt like the world-building needed a little shoring up.

Rating: 3/5

The Interestings

 

Title: The Interestings

Author: Meg Wolitzer

Publisher: Riverhead Books

 
ISBN: 9781594488399

 

Thoughts: This saga of decades-long friendship is rich and detailed, but probably not for everyone.

Rating: 3/5

Alternate Side

 

Title: Alternate Side

Author: Anna Quindlen

Publisher: Random House

 
ISBN: 9780812996067

 

Thoughts: Fun novel about mid-life with very fluid writing.

Rating: 3/5

The Stone Home

 

Title: The Stone Home

Author: Crystal Hana Kim

Publisher: William Morrow

 
ISBN: 9780063310971

 

Thoughts: This brought to the forefront a part of Korean history that I never knew about, but I did find the story very hard to follow.

Rating: 2/5

The Dreamweavers

 

Title: The Dreamweavers

Author: G. Z. Schmidt

Publisher: Holiday House

 
ISBN: 9780823453207

 

Thoughts: Very imaginative historic fantasy steeped in Chinese legends, but there were a few spots that felt too modern.

Rating: 3/5

Brooklyn

 

Title: Brooklyn

Author: Colm Toibin

Publisher: Scribner

 
ISBN: 9781439148952

 

Thoughts: I really enjoyed the first two-thirds of this novel, but the last third had me constantly frustrated with Eilis; however, still a very well-done story.

Rating: 4/5

There's No Place Like Home

 

Title: There's No Place Like Home

Author: Edan Lepucki

Publisher: Amazon Original Stories

 
ISBN: 9781542041393

 

Thoughts: Domestic cli-fi tale with a number of interesting twists.

Rating: 4/5

The Black Flamingo

 

Title: The Black Flamingo

Author: Dean Atta

Publisher: HarperAudio

 
ISBN: n/a

 

Thoughts: Coming-of-age tale about a boy who finds his people.

Rating: 4/5