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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.

First Look Club: Chris reviews The Glass Hotel

Posted on April 3, 2020| Posted in Book Reviews, First Look Club

From the award-winning author of Station Eleven, an exhilarating novel set at the glittering intersection of two seemingly disparate events-a massive Ponzi scheme collapse and the mysterious disappearance of a woman from a ship at sea.