There are two kinds of people no one ever expects to be murderers: little girls and old ladies. Meet Mad Mabel. Elsie Mabel Fitzpatrick: eighty-one years old, gloriously grumpy, fiercely independent, and never without a hot cup of tea—or a cutting remark. She minds her own business in her quiet ... more >
Cherry Baby by Rainbow Rowell Everybody knows that Cherry’s husband, Tom, is in Hollywood making a movie . . . Almost nobody knows that he isn’t coming home. Tom is the creator of Thursday—a semi-autobiographical webcomic that’s become an international phenomenon. Semi-autobiographical. That means there’s a character in this movie ... more >
Dear Charlotte Stein, While You Were Seething is the third in Charlotte Stein’s fake relationship trilogy which commenced with When Grumpy Met Sunshine and continued with My Big Fat Fake Marriage. It’s fair to say I enjoyed the first two more than the third but how much of that is ... more >
A darkly humorous yet uplifting novel about a grieving mother who starts working at a funeral home and discovers that the best way to honor the dead is to live … All Cleo Dang has ever wanted is to be a mother. The day she discovers she’s pregnant is the ... more >
This compulsively readable novel wrestles with vital questions of our time: sentience, purpose, life, death…and how to make a really good commercial. Told entirely through questionably obtained company emails, chat messages, TED Talks, bot trainings, and more, Your Behavior Will Be Monitored presents an all too plausible near future in ... more >
Dear Kate Clayborn, I knew as soon as I started reading The Paris Match I would be in for a treat. Nothing about that feeling changed as I continued to read. It is a beautifully written, evocative and deeply romantic novel. Layla Bailey is a doctor, a hospitalist, who travels ... more >