literary fiction
Calling for a Blanket Dance by Oscar Hokeah
Calling for a Blanket Dance follows the timeline of Ever Geimausaddle’s life, told in vignettes from the perspectives of his family members. It’s a story about identity, families, and community, and how Ever grows into...
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Foster by Claire Keegan
Foster is a novella about a child’s summer spent with distant relatives. The child, one of her parents’ many children living in poverty, is enamored by the comfortable life the Kinsellas lead – and the...
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Harry Sylvester Bird by Chinelo Okparanta
Harry Sylvester Bird is a satire about a young white man who thinks he is transracial (Black). He finds his parents’ overt racism to be embarrassing, and when he leaves them for college and starts...
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The Catch by Alison Fairbrother
The Catch follows Ellie Adler through her journey of grief after the loss of her father. In search of answers as a result of his death, Ellie learns more about not just her father and...
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Just by Looking at Him by Ryan O’Connell
A prospective reader will know from the first sentence of Just by Looking at Him whether or not this will be a read for them – I honestly can’t say I’ve read another book that...
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Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
Going into Station Eleven, I was pretty sure it wouldn’t be my cup of tea. I don’t do dystopian fiction, anything to do with a pandemic is a big turn-off right now, and, frankly, I...
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The Fell by Sarah Moss
I received this book for free from the publisher via Goodreads Giveaways. Sarah Moss can be hit or miss for me. I frequently find that I leave her books confused and feeling stupid, like I...
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DNF Round-Up #1
Even if I DNF a book, I often write a shortened review to remind myself (and to inform other readers) of why exactly I had to set a book aside. Since these are generally bite-sized...
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Ask Again, Yes by Mary Beth Keane
I feel like I need to say right off the bat that Mary Pope is a fantastic narrator for the audiobook version of this book. It was very clear which characters were which, and the...
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