by Emma Cline Format: Audiobook Primary Doorways: Character, Setting Genre: Literary Fiction Read for: A character you are so mad at for 90% of the novel, but still root for When I was in my English 102 class in college, our professor defined tragedy as a person who was destined from greatness, but took a […]
by Amanda Diekman Format: ebook Primary Doorways: Plot, Character Genre: Memoir/Self-Help Read for: An eye opening look on how household communication impacts all members Amanda Diekman’s memoir/self-help book Low-Demand Parenting will challenge your notions of what a demand is, the load we ask of our children, and how much we can let go. Diekman is […]
by Zadie Smith Format: Physical Book Primary Doorways: Character Genre: Historical Fiction Read for: Revelations about being human While Mrs. Lewes only shows up once or twice in Zadie Smith’s novel, The Fraud, her most famous (?) novel, Middlemarch is abundantly present. Middlemarch is subtitled “the study of a provincial life” and Smith continues that […]
by Henry Hoke Format: Physical Book Primary Doorways: Language/Character Genre: Low Fantasy/Literary Fiction Read for: Poetic ambiance and unusual narrator Henry Hoke’s novel Open Throat was selected by Carly for the first Best Book Club Ever pick of 2024. Carly and Henry worked together at UVA’s young writer program and Henry was able to join […]
by Tamsyn Muir Format: Audiobook Primary Doorways: Plot, Setting Genre: High Fantasy Read for: Characters you like so much you’re sad to be parted from them by the book ending. Note: 3rd in a series. Not a standalone. Tamsyn Muir’s Nona the Ninth is the third book of four in the Locked Tomb series. Knowing […]
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