Readers’ Review: “Go Set A Watchman” By Harper Lee
Last month, the country experienced one of the biggest literary events in recent memory: The release of Harper Lee’s “Go Set a Watchman.” Written before Lee’s beloved classic, “To Kill a Mockingbird,”...
View ArticleReaders’ Review: “The Alchemist” By Paulo Coelho
“The Alchemist” by Brazilian author Paulo Coelho is an international phenomenon. It was first published more than 25 years ago. Since then, more than 100 million copies have been sold and it’s been...
View ArticleReaders’ Review: “Salvage The Bones” By Jesmyn Ward
For our February Readers’ Review: a novel set near the Mississippi coast in the days leading up to and right after Hurricane Katrina. “Salvage the Bones” by Jesmyn Ward won the 2011 National Book Award...
View ArticleReaders’ Review: “The Haunting Of Hill House” By Shirley Jackson
Halloween is around the corner, and for our October Readers’ Review we’ve chosen an appropriately scary story: “The Haunting of Hill House.” The novel by Shirley Jackson was first published in 1959....
View ArticleReaders’ Review: “My Brilliant Friend” by Elena Ferrante
“My Brilliant Friend” by Elena Ferrante is the first of the mysterious Italian author’s Neapolitan novels. The series tells the story of a life-long friendship between two working class girls in...
View ArticleReaders’ Review: “All The Light We Cannot See” by Anthony Doerr (Rebroadcast)
A young man trapped in darkness listens to a girl’s voice over the radio. This is the first scene author Anthony Doerr imagined, in what became his book “All the Light We Cannot See.” The novel flips...
View ArticleReaders’ Review: “My Name Is Lucy Barton” By Elizabeth Strout
A woman’s stay in the hospital and a surprise visit from her mother evoke memories of the sad and impoverished childhood that still has a hold on her today. The post Readers’ Review: “My Name Is Lucy...
View ArticleReaders’ Review: “The Good Lord Bird” By James McBride
For this month’s Readers’ Review: National Book Award winner “The Good Lord Bird” by James McBride. The 2013 novel follows a slave boy who gets caught up in John Brown’s abolitionist mission. The post...
View ArticleReaders’ Review: “Drown” by Junot Diaz
A look back at “Drown” – the debut collection of short stories by Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Junot Diaz. Twenty years ago, Diaz published ten tales about immigrants from the Dominican Republic...
View ArticleReaders’ Review: “My Brilliant Friend” by Elena Ferrante
The “Neapolitan novels” are a series of four books written by Italian author Elena Ferrante. They trace the fierce, decades-long friendship between Lila and Elena, two working class girls from Naples....
View ArticleReaders’ Review: “My Brilliant Friend” by Elena Ferrante
The “Neapolitan novels” are a series of four books written by Italian author Elena Ferrante. They trace the fierce, decades-long friendship between Lila and Elena, two working class girls from Naples....
View ArticleReaders’ Review: “All The Light We Cannot See” By Anthony Doerr (Rebroadcast)
A young man trapped in darkness listens to a girl’s voice over the radio. This is the first scene author Anthony Doerr imagined, in what became his book “All the Light We Cannot See.” The novel flips...
View ArticleReaders’ Review: “My Name Is Lucy Barton” By Elizabeth Strout
For this month’s Reader’s Review, we explore the novel “My Name Is Lucy Barton” by Elizabeth Strout, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of “Olive Kitteridge.” Lucy Barton grows up poor and isolated in...
View ArticleReaders’ Review: “Drown” by Junot Diaz
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Junot Diaz is considered one of the most important voices in contemporary fiction. His best-known work is his novel, “The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao.” Diaz first got...
View ArticleReaders’ Review: “Jane Eyre” by Charlotte Bronte
The namesake of Charlotte Bronte’s novel, “Jane Eyre,” is a heroine for the ages. She begins life as an orphan, attends a miserable school, becomes a governess, and eventually marries her true love....
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