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First Look Club: Dan reviews The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray
Posted on June 19, 2021| Posted in Book Reviews, First Look Club
The remarkable story of J. P. Morgan’s personal librarian, Belle da Costa Greene, the Black American woman who was forced to hide her true identity and pass as white to leave a lasting legacy, from New York Times bestselling author Marie Benedict, and acclaimed author Victoria Christopher Murray. Read Dan's review on the blog.
First Look: Whereabouts by Jhumpa Lahiri
Posted on April 8, 2021| Posted in First Look Club
A marvelous new novel from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Lowland and Interpreter of Maladies—her first in nearly a decade, and the first novel Lahiri has written in Italian and translated into English.
First Look Club: Dan reviews Whereabouts by Jhumpa Lahiri
Posted on April 8, 2021| Posted in Book Reviews, First Look Club
A marvelous new novel from Jhumpa Lahiri, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Lowland and Interpreter of Maladies—her first in nearly a decade. Read Dan's review on the blog.
First Look: Dying Is Easy by Joe Hill and Martin Simmonds
Posted on November 4, 2020| Posted in Book Reviews, First Look Club
Comedy is hard... but dying is easy! This crime thriller by writer Joe Hill and artist Martin Simmonds follows in the tradition of fair-play mysteries inviting readers to solve the murder before Syd does.
First Look Club: Dan reviews Dying Is Easy
Posted on November 4, 2020| Posted in Book Reviews, First Look Club
Comedy is hard... but dying is easy! This crime thriller by writer Joe Hill and artist Martin Simmonds follows in the tradition of fair-play mysteries inviting readers to solve the murder before Syd does.
First Look: The Constant Rabbit by Jasper Fforde
Posted on October 3, 2020| Posted in First Look Club
A new stand-alone novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Early Riser and the Thursday Next series. An inimitable blend of satire, fantasy, and thriller, The Constant Rabbit is the latest dazzlingly original foray into Jasper Fforde's ever-astonishing creative genius.
First Look Club: Dan reviews The Constant Rabbit
Posted on October 3, 2020| Posted in Book Reviews, First Look Club
A new stand-alone novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Early Riser and the Thursday Next series. An inimitable blend of satire, fantasy, and thriller, The Constant Rabbit is the latest dazzlingly original foray into Jasper Fforde's ever-astonishing creative genius.
First Look: Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy
Posted on August 14, 2020| Posted in First Look Club
For fans of Flight Behavior and Station Eleven, a novel set on the brink of catastrophe, as a young woman chases the world’s last birds―and her own final chance for redemption. Migrations is both an ode to our threatened world and a breathtaking page-turner about the lengths we will go for the people we love.
Clifford and Chris Daniel share their thoughts on Charlotte McConaghy's thrilling yet poignant novel.
First Look Club: Chris Daniel reviews Migrations
Posted on August 14, 2020| Posted in Book Reviews, First Look Club
For fans of Flight Behavior and Station Eleven, a novel set on the brink of catastrophe, as a young woman chases the world’s last birds―and her own final chance for redemption. Read Chris Daniel's book review of Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy.
First Look: The Glass Hotel
Posted on April 3, 2020| Posted in First Look Club
In this captivating story of crisis and survival, Emily St. John Mandel takes readers through often hidden landscapes: campgrounds for the near-homeless, underground electronica clubs, the business of international shipping, service in luxury hotels, and life in a federal prison. Rife with unexpected beauty, The Glass Hotel is a captivating portrait of greed and guilt, love and delusion, ghosts and unintended consequences, and the infinite ways we search for meaning in our lives.
