This is the third Carlene O’Connor book I have read in two different series. I would not have read a second, much less a third, if I did not enjoy them immensely. Murder at an Irish Chipper (think of a shop that sells the British food staple, fish and chips) is book 10 in the …
Good. –Steve, whose favorite independent bookstore is Auntie’s Books in Spokane, WA Grisham returns to the legal thriller genre and Mississippi in this latest novel. John Grisham returns to Mississippi with the riveting story of two sons of immigrant families who grow up as friends, but ultimately find themselves on opposite sides of the law. Grisham’s …
Passing Strange by Ellen Klages is a remarkably restful piece of quiet fantasy that I can’t recommend enough. Set in the queer quarters of 1940 San Francisco, we follow the budding romance between two women: an artist for the pulps and a singer newly arrived trying to find a place to belong. That’s it. And …
This is a link we’ve had in the files for quite some time now… Even though the titles aren’t quite so fresh, it’s still a fun tool. The Seattle Times created interactive book recommendations based on reviews from the paper. You know what’s even more fun, though? Visiting a local independent bookshop to ask a bookseller …
And just when I say I’m sick of memoirs by white people, I get to enjoy The Liminal People, which is decidedly not. The book is a variation on Wild Cards or Heroes: people with phenomenal powers who are simply people: good, bad, psychotic, noble… and everything that happens next without invoking aliases or Lycra. …
