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First Few Pages: Chain of Gold

Posted on May 14, 2020| Posted in First Few Pages

First Look Club: Katya reviews The Sisters Grimm

Posted on April 28, 2020| Posted in Book Reviews, First Look Club

The critically acclaimed author of The House at the End of Hope Street combines love, mystery, and magic with her first foray into bewitching fantasy with a dark edge evocative of V.E. Schwab and Neil Gaiman.

First Few Pages: Goodbye From Nowhere

Posted on April 28, 2020| Posted in First Few Pages

First Few Pages: The Silent Treatment

Posted on April 21, 2020| Posted in First Few Pages

First Few Pages: It's Not All Downhill From Here

Posted on April 15, 2020| Posted in First Few Pages

Why Read Short Stories

Posted on April 8, 2020| Posted in Featured

Here, we make the case for why we should continue to read short stories, along other kinds of literature.

First Look Club: Reina reviews 88 Names

Posted on April 6, 2020| Posted in Book Reviews, First Look Club

The critically acclaimed author of Lovecraft Country returns with a thrilling and immersive virtual reality epic—part cyberthriller, part twisted romantic comedy—that transports you to a world where identity is fluid and nothing can be taken at face value.

Author Spotlight: Jennifer Rosner

Posted on April 3, 2020| Posted in Spotlight

Inspired by the true stories of Jewish children hidden during World War II, Jennifer Rosner’s debut is a breathtaking novel about the unbreakable bond between a mother and a daughter. Beautiful and riveting, The Yellow Bird Sings is a testament to the triumph of hope—a whispered story, a bird’s song—in even the darkest of times.

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: Palo 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.