Do you judge a book by its cover? Eleanor Oliphant prefers “Miss Oliphant.” She is socially awkward, quirky, and most would describe her as a social misfit. Her life is rigidly structured and monotonous, which…
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Good Me Bad Me: A Novel by Ali Land
Serial Killers. They are infamous and closely studied. Shows and documentaries are made about them, novels are written. But what about their kids? What happens to them? The book begins with Milly, a fifteen year…
The Ninth Hour: A Novel by Alice McDermott
Love. Friendship. Sacrifice. This novel is about sisterly love – not biological sisters or sorority sisters, but religious sisters – nuns. More specifically, it is a story of women supporting each other, which I found…
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Is a life in the Hollywood spotlight as glamorous as it may seem? Are the versions of our favorite stars in the press “real”? Or is there a different narrative behind closed doors? Evelyn Hugo,…
Recent Favorites for your 3-Day Weekend!
Some BetweenTwoCovers Recent Favorites Both of us Recommend: A Man Called Ove: A Novel by Fredrik Backman New York by Edward Rutherford Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis by J.D….
The Futures by Anna Pitoniak – His and Her Review
Graduating college, entering adulthood. The best of times, the worst of times. For anyone who has lived through the transition from student to professional, you know it is a difficult, confusing and exciting time. Julia…
Standard Deviation by Katherine Heiny
This story is about Graham Cavanaugh, his first wife, his current wife, his son and his life. Graham is married to Audra, his second wife – a ditzy, extrovert, who insists on asserting herself into…