These forthcoming titles all received multiple starred reviews! Check ’em out for your #FridayReads. AN EVERYDAY HERO by Laura Trentham “Fans of Mary Kay Andrews’ novels and Matthew Quick’s THE REASON YOU’RE ALIVE (2017) will enjoy this patriotic and heartwarming story of ambition, identity, and regained potential.”–Booklist, starred review “By turns heartwarming and heartbreaking, this […]
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Starred Review Round-Up (8/2/19)
Surviving childhood trauma, overcoming a hostile medical system, a cultural history of 19th century Europe, 80 years of the American Dream, and German Jewish women on the legacy of racism… All in today’s starred review round-up! GIRL by Edna O’Brien “In a feat of empathy and imagination, the Irish writer O’Brien portrays one girl’s torments […]

June 2017 Fiction Stars
The stars are aligning for these sizzling summer reads: EMMA IN THE NIGHT by Wendy Walker “Both twisted and twisty, this smart psychological thriller sets a new standard for unreliable narrators.” — Booklist, starred review “Walker’s portrayal of the ways in which a narcissistic, self-involved mother can affect her children deepens the plot as it […]

May 2017 Fiction Stars
The stars are aligning for these forthcoming works of fiction: THE PEOPLE WE HATE AT THE WEDDING by Grant Ginder “Ginder takes family dysfunction to its hysterical limit in this joyously ribald, sharply cynical, and impossible-to-put-down examination of love and loyalty.” — Publishers Weekly, starred review “Ginder successfully captures the clash between people who are […]