pickThis book is friggin‘ fantastic — my favorite of the year so far.
More here: https://www.thenewdorkreviewofbooks.com/2019/06/the-most-fun-we-ever-had-love-an...
kbuggle I‘m so looking fwd to this one.. 5y
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pickThis book is friggin‘ fantastic — my favorite of the year so far.
More here: https://www.thenewdorkreviewofbooks.com/2019/06/the-most-fun-we-ever-had-love-an...
pickHappy pub day to Nickolas Butler! LITTLE FAITH is great — another quintessentially Midwestern novel with Butler's signature warm, inviting, downright comforting storytelling.
More here: https://www.thenewdorkreviewofbooks.com/2019/03/little-faith-nickolas-butler-on....
“Well, how can one tell what‘s eccentric and what‘s crazy?”
pickSix really great books here.
Thoughts: https://www.thenewdorkreviewofbooks.com/2018/11/six-great-novels-to-feast-on-dur...
pickFavorite book of 2018 so far. Amazing.
More here: http://www.thenewdorkreviewofbooks.com/2018/06/the-overstory-what-is-our-place-i...
pickThis is a novel, as Jonathan Evison novels do, that helps reinforce your faith in humanity. Funny, charming, smart.
More here: http://www.thenewdorkreviewofbooks.com/2018/04/lawn-boy-struggle-is-real.html
pickNed Beauman novels can drive you do drink. But I love ‘em, and this one might be his best yet. Wildly inventive, hilarious, and smart as hell.
More here: http://www.thenewdorkreviewofbooks.com/2018/04/madness-is-better-than-defeat-may...
I‘ve never read Wally Lamb. I‘m now reading Wally Lamb to find out if he‘s “just like John Irving” as one Lamb fan told me. 😬🤔
pickA complex, beautifully rendered debut. This writer Adichie has star potential! 😁📚
pickNot only does this book have THE best cover art of the year, the story is pretty fantastic as well. God bless New Orleans!
More here: http://www.thenewdorkreviewofbooks.com/2018/03/king-zeno-what-time-to-be-alive-i...
pickThis book is an absolute masterpiece.
More here: http://www.thenewdorkreviewofbooks.com/2017/08/the-hearts-invisible-furies-absol...
pickGet this awesome novel on your radar (out 7/18). It's like if David Mitchell wrote a cross between Inception and American Gods, but in the gritty, sarcastic style of Nelson DeMille's best cop thrillers. Wild read! Really had fun with this!
You know, I've never read this. Fixing now.
pickLoved this! A must-read if you're late-blooming runner (as I am). It's part running memoir but also part history of women runners (which, embarrassingly, I knew nothing about - which is part of her point). It's sad, smart, hilariously self-deprecating, and absolutely inspiring.
pickI haven't been here for a bit, but I'm back because this book is worth posting about. It's great. Really great.
More here: http://www.thenewdorkreviewofbooks.com/2017/05/the-leavers-morally-complex-immig...
pickOutstanding. Highly recommended.
More here: http://www.thenewdorkreviewofbooks.com/2017/02/dark-at-crossing-on-syrian-civil-...
Starting, 'cause the Tournament of Books is right around the corner!
Starting this now (it's out 3/7). There's approximately a 100 percent chance I'm going to love this.
pickExcellent. A slow-burn, astutely observed tale of failing marriage. Highly recommended.
More here: http://www.thenewdorkreviewofbooks.com/2017/02/a-separation-slow-burn-meditation...
"Ove is the kind of man who checks the status of all things by giving them a good kick."
Ove and I are going to get along.
"She thinks she missed the train to Mars. She's out back counting stars..."
Starting THE WANDERERS to get a jumpstart on the metric butt ton of great novels coming out in March.
so-soSolid, but not spectacular. Some definite first-novel shift-in-perspective issues. Okay as a crime thriller but it does have some important things to say about gender relations - both for 1965 when the story takes place and today.
pickThis book is tremendous. More here: http://www.thenewdorkreviewofbooks.com/2017/01/lillian-boxfish-takes-walk-quick-...
pickThis book is so essential. Heartbreaking and rage-inducing. Please read it. And please consider donating to Matthew Desmond's charity, Just Shelter: http://justshelter.org
Teju Cole says smart things about marathoners. Real recognize real.
"...it is an act of extreme human endurance, still remarkable no matter how many people now do it."
Thanks, Teju Cole!
"You've got a ... lot of books," he said at last.
"It's a sickness."
"Are you ... seeing anyone for it?"
"I'm afraid it's untreatable."
pickVery good. In Chabon's Kavalier and Clay/Wonder Boys tier. More thoughts here: http://www.thenewdorkreviewofbooks.com/2017/01/moonglow-chabons-glowing-tribute-...
Starting. This may be unpleasant. But necessary.
pickElegant, deeply resonant (at least for me) stories. Really loved this collection!
Starting my first 2017 book. And still recommending The Kind Worth Killing to just about anyone who will listen.
Gonna learn some stuff. Gonna try to remain optimistic.
Starting...
...because I'll do just about anything George Saunders, Lauren Groff, and Michael Chabon tell me to do.
Beach reading...
Starting...
Chaon has a new novel out next March, so I figured I'd finally check out one of his other ones. (Love his short stories!)
pickDouble devil horns! Utterly spectacular. One of the more purely pleasurable reading experiences I've had in a long time. What a clever, smart writer! Yoshi approved.
Going to New Orleans tomorrow, so this seemed like good plane reading. (Out 11/15.)
Yoshi feels like this book may not be for him, but I'm gonna give it a shot.
Alright Internet, you talked me into it...
pickBest first line and best first chapter I've read in awhile. Oh, and the rest is pretty damn good too.
And now for something a little different...
I battled several line-jumping middle-aged women at BEA to get this ARC! Patchett has quickly become one of my favorite writers and I'm super excited to finally read this.
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