Category: Literary Fiction

  • Book Mail: UNBURY CAROL by Josh Malerman

    Book Mail: UNBURY CAROL by Josh Malerman

    Thank you so much to Del Rey Books for sending this stunning free copy! I have heard this one is technically a western, so I am definitely intrigued!  SYNOPSIS:  Carol Evers is a woman with a dark secret. She has died many times . . . but her many deaths are not final: They are…

  • Awesome Book Mail from Kensington Publishing!

    Awesome Book Mail from Kensington Publishing!

    Kensington Publishing has some phenomenal new and upcoming releases! Just look at this gorgeous stack! So many amazing choices! I’ll leave the synopses below.  DON’T BELIEVE IT by Charlie Donlea: The Girl of Sugar Beach is the most watched documentary in television history—a riveting, true-life mystery that unfolds over twelve weeks and centers on a fascinating question:…

  • Book Mail: NUMBER ONE CHINESE RESTAURANT by Lillian Li

    Book Mail: NUMBER ONE CHINESE RESTAURANT by Lillian Li

    Thank you so much to Henry Holt for sending this lovely free book my way! It looks incredible and I cannot wait to read it! SYNOPSIS:  An exuberant and wise multigenerational debut novel about the complicated lives and loves of people working in everyone’s favorite Chinese restaurant. The Beijing Duck House in Rockville, Maryland, is…

  • Epic Book Mail: MACBETH by Jo Nesbo

    Epic Book Mail: MACBETH by Jo Nesbo

    I am a lifelong fan of Shakespeare and love a good retelling, so I’m VERY excited to read this! Thank you so much to Crown Publishing and Hogarth for sending this lovely free copy!  SYNOPSIS:  Set in the 1970s in a run-down, rainy industrial town, Jo Nesbo’s Macbeth centers around a police force struggling to shed an…

  • Review: EVENING PRIMROSE by Kopano Matlwa

    Review: EVENING PRIMROSE by Kopano Matlwa

    Thank you so much to Quercus for providing my free copy – all opinions are my own. “Sometimes I want to feel stuff. I’m doing a resuscitation and I know I should feel something, but I don’t know how to anymore. There’s something in me that’s blocked, that’s stuck. There’s a weight on my chest,…

  • Book Mail: THE COMEDOWN by Rebekah Frumkin

    Book Mail: THE COMEDOWN by Rebekah Frumkin

    Thank you so much to Henry Holt for this lovely free copy! I am so intrigued and I love the cover!! SYNOPSIS:  A blistering dark comedy, Rebekah Frumkin’s The Comedown is a romp across America, from the Kent State shootings to protest marches in Chicago to the Florida Everglades, that explores delineating lines of race, class, religion,…

  • Book Mail: SOMEBODY’S DAUGHTER by Rochelle B. Weinstein

    Book Mail: SOMEBODY’S DAUGHTER by Rochelle B. Weinstein

    Thank you so much to Get Red PR and Amazon Publishing for this lovely copy! It looks incredible and I cannot wait to read it!  SYNOPSIS:  Emma and Bobby Ross enjoy a charmed life on the shores of Miami Beach. They are a model family with a successful business, an uncomplicated marriage, and two blessedly…

  • Book Mail: THE DARKLING BRIDE by Laura Andersen

    Book Mail: THE DARKLING BRIDE by Laura Andersen

    Thank you so much to Random House and Ballantine Books for sending this gorgeous free copy! This looks fantastic and I cannot wait to read it! SYNOPSIS:  The Gallagher family has called Deeprath Castle home for seven hundred years. Nestled in the Wicklow Mountains of Ireland, the estate is now slated to become a public…

  • Beautiful Book Mail: THE HOUSE OF IMPOSSIBLE BEAUTIES by Joseph Cassara

    Beautiful Book Mail: THE HOUSE OF IMPOSSIBLE BEAUTIES by Joseph Cassara

    Thank you so much to Ecco Books for sending me this lovely free copy! I am very anxious to read it as I have heard wonderful things about this book! SYNOPSIS:  It’s 1980 in New York City, and nowhere is the city’s glamour and energy better reflected than in the burgeoning Harlem ball scene, where…

  • Belletrist Book Mail: THE GHOST NOTEBOOKS by Ben Dolnick

    Belletrist Book Mail: THE GHOST NOTEBOOKS by Ben Dolnick

    It’s here! It’s here! My Belletrist March book selection has arrived! And it’s SO pretty and I cannot wait to read it! Is anyone else reading along?  SYNOPSIS:  A supernatural story of love, ghosts, and madness as a young couple, newly engaged, become caretakers of a historic museum. When Nick Beron and Hannah Rampe decide…