Category: Fiction
I enjoy a wide variety of fiction styles from historical to bizarre.
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
by Jamie Ford
April 30, 2020
This (wait for it . . . ) bittersweet romance happens amidst the evacuation and interment of Japanese citizens at the start of WWII.
Olive Kitteridge
By Elizabeth Strout
April 15, 2020
The story of Olive is told through 13 well-constructed short stories about other people.
The Great Believers
by Rebecca Makkai
March 14, 2020
This seriously good novel of gay life during the AIDS crisis in Chicago tells a story that has a simple message.
The Rosie Project
by Graeme Simsion
January 12, 2020
The book is a way to escape the hounds of life for a while . . . but not much more.
The Water Dancer
by Ta-Nehisi Coates
November 24, 2019
Coates imagines a young slave’s adventure from being a slave, to escaping, to returning to his original plantation as a slave once more.
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