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LitStack Review: Rare Objects by Kathleen Tessaro
Rare Objects Kathleen Tessaro Harper Release Date: April 12, 2016 ISBN 978-0-0623-5754-0 In 2013, Kathleen Tessaro’s novel, The Perfume Collector, became one of my favorite reads of all time despite...
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LitStack Review: The Little Red Chairs by Edna O’Brien
The Little Red Chairs Edna O’Brien Little, Brown and Company Release Date: March 29, 2016 ISBN 978-0-316-37823-9 On April 6, 1992, a siege began in Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina,...
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LitStack Review: Nicotine by Nell Zink
Author Nell Zink Nicotine Nell Zink Ecco Publishing Release Date: October 6, 2016 ISBN 978-0-06-244170-6 I get it. Not all books are going to appeal to all people. But I have to admit, I don’t see...
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LitStack Review: The Wonder by Emma Donoghue
The Wonder Emma Donoghue Little, Brown and Company Release Date: September 20, 2016 ISBN 978-0-316-39387-4 It’s 1859, and English nurse Lib Wright has been hired to travel to the Irish Midlands to...
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LitStack Review: Universal Harvester by John Darnielle
Universal Harvester John Darnielle Ferrar, Straus and Giroux Release Date: February 7, 2017 ISBN 978-0-37428-210-3 Full disclosure: I grew up in Iowa, so John Darnielle’s new novel Universal...
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LitStack Review: The Wanderers by Meg Howrey
The Wanderers Meg Howrey G. P. Putnam’s Sons Release Date: March 14, 2017 ISBN 978-0-3995-7473-4 This book…wow. I read a lot of books; a lot of good books. But this one? Wow. The Wanderers is a work...
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LitStack Review: Exit West by Mohsin Hamid
Exit West Mohsin Hamid Riverhead Books Release Date: March 7, 2017 ISBN 978-0-7352-1217-6 Immigration is a hot burner issue right now – who to welcome, who to keep out, if to welcome at all. What gets...
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LitStack Review: The Standard Grand by Jay Baron Nicorvo
The Standard Grand Jay Baron Nicorvo St. Martin’s Press Release Date: April 24, 2017 ISBN 978-1-25010-894-4 It’s rare when an author is able to take characters that are not exactly admirable, and...
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Flash Review: The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro
The Buried Giant Kazuo Ishiguro Alfred A. Knopf Release Date: March 3, 2015 ISBN 978-0-307-27103-7 It’s the dusk of Arthurian England; an uneasy peace lies over the land. Britons Axl and Beatrice, an...
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Litstack Rec: Bridge & The Stargazer’s Sister
Bridge, by Robert Thomas “Welcome to the prayer-strewn pews of my brain,” Alice, the narrator of Bridge tells us, and quickly, we understand that this intellectually gifted young woman sees the world,...
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