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First Look Club: Jed reviews Babel by R.F. Kuang

Posted on September 27, 2022| Posted in First Look Club, Book Collection

At its very core, Babel is a novel structured around semiotics. The best reason to read this book would be for the imaginative world-building, the fantastic intersection between translation and magic, and the deep dives into all sorts of language-related facts. Read Jed's review on the blog.

First Look Club: Jed reviews Counterfeit by Kirstin Chen

Posted on July 4, 2022| Posted in Featured, First Look Club, Spotlight

Counterfeit pulls off a very neat twist about two-thirds of the way in. It’s a story about friendship, family, criminal enterprises, and the Asian way of doing things. Read Jed's review on the blog.

First Look Club: Clifford reviews Killers Amidst Killers by Billy Jensen

Posted on June 22, 2022| Posted in First Look Club

Killers Amidst Killers is Billy Jensen’s harrowing account of the time he spent investigating a series of murders in Southern Ohio. Here, we only get a glimpse through stories told by their friends and family. Read Clifford's review on the blog.

First Look Club: Jowana reviews Brown Girls by Daphne Palasi Andreades

Posted on June 22, 2022| Posted in First Look Club

Divided into eight parts and 50-plus short chapters, “Brown Girls” is a coming-of-age story of a group of brown-skinned girls living in Queens; each chapter marks their dreams and delusions, successes and failures, enlightenment and confusion, and happiness and heartbreaks. Read Jowana's review on the blog.

First Look Club: Dan reviews Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

Posted on June 22, 2022| Posted in First Look Club

With Elizabeth Zott, Bonnie Garmus gave us an unforgettable character that broke the ceiling in the 60s when ceilings were much higher and harder to break. Read Dan's review on the blog.

First Look Club: Dan reviews Portrait of a Thief by Grace D. Li

Posted on May 25, 2022| Posted in Book Reviews, First Look Club

The narrative makes Portrait of a Thief by Grace D. Li more than just a thriller. It captures the despair and disconnectedness of being born into two cultures. Read Dan's review on the blog.

First Look Club: Clifford reviews Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

Posted on May 11, 2022| Posted in Book Reviews, First Look Club

Aldous Huxley's Brave New World kept all the important beats of the story, the visuals worked well for the story, and overall the book feels like it was written as a graphic novel instead of adapted from an existing work. Read Clifford's review on the blog.

First Look Club: Katya reviews Book Lovers by Emily Henry

Posted on May 11, 2022| Posted in Book Reviews, First Look Club

Though Book Lovers isn’t an adolescent coming of age story, it hits everything that makes those stories lovable: diving headfirst into new experiences, falling in love, discovering something that makes you see your life in a different light. Read Katya's review on the blog.

First Look Club: Jed reviews This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub 

Posted on April 21, 2022| Posted in First Look Club

This Time Tomorrow is already an easy recommendation for its interesting plot and effortlessly engaging prose. This time travel story is light on the science but heavy with heart. Read Jed's review on the blog.

First Few Pages: The Cat Who Saved Books by Sosuke Natsukawa

Posted on January 17, 2022| Posted in First Look Club

An enthralling tale of books, first love, fantasy, and an unusual friendship with a talking cat, The Cat Who Saved Books is a story for those for whom books are so much more than words on paper. Read the First Few Pages of The Cat Who Saved Books by Sosuke Natsukawa on the blog.