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The Last Garden in England, by Julia Kelly
In Julia Kelly’s novel, The Last Garden in England, the gardens at Highbury House serve […]
Such a Fun Age, by Kiley Reid
I think my first experience with a story that made the skin on my neck […]
The Birdwoman’s Palate, by Laksmi Pamuntjak
One of the great things about reading—and one of the big reasons I read—is that […]
Solutions and Other Problems, by Allie Brosh
Allie Brosh’s Hyperbole and a Half came out seven years ago. Since then, I’ve been […]
The Liar’s Dictionary, by Eley Williams
Word nerds might already be familiar with the term mountweazel. A mountweazel is a fake […]
The Book of Collateral Damage, by Sinan Antoon
Authors and philosophers have said it for centuries. You can’t go home again and you […]
The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep, by H.G. Parry
H.G. Parry’s brilliant and amazing novel, The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep, is the kind […]
We Keep the Dead Close, by Becky Cooper
Jane Britton was murdered early in the morning on January 7, 1969 and no one […]
Moonflower Murders, by Anthony Horowitz
Susan Ryeland thought that she was finished with Alan Conway and publishing after the firm […]