The History of Living Forever by Jake Wolff

The History of Living Forever, the spectacular debut novel from Jake Wolff, tells a multi-layered story about mankind’s quest for immortality throughout the ages.  This book combines the beautiful prose of literary fiction with the . . . read more »

My Lovely Wife by Samantha Downing

My Lovely Wife by Samantha Downing Every marriage has its secrets. Mr. and Mrs. Smith seem to be the perfect couple. Their kids are usually behaved, but they have a secret life that no one . . . read more »

Girl Most Likely by Max Allan Collins

When Krista Larson becomes the female police chief in the county. After 20 years, she did not expect a murder in her small Midwest town. Her retired Dad, a former decorated detective, is willing to . . . read more »

The Gifted School by Bruce Holsinger

What does it mean to have a gifted child and why is it so important?  The Gifted School explores this question from many angles, following four families who have children ready to enter middle school.  . . . read more »

The Chain by Adrian McKinty

Rachel Klein, a divorced mother, is on her way through the Boston traffic to an oncology appointment when she gets the call. Her teenage daughter, Kylie, has been kidnapped. The stranger on the phone informs . . . read more »

The Radium Girls by Kate Moore

The Tuesday Readers meet on the first Tuesday of the month at 2:00 p.m. to discuss a book.  Everyone is welcome to attend!  The group will be discussing An American Marriage by Tayari Jones for . . . read more »

The Wolf in the Whale by Jordanna Max Brodsky

The Wolf in the Whale is a really beautifully written story about Omat, a girl born with the soul of a hunter and raised by her grandfather as the Inuit tribe’s next angakkuq, or shaman. . . . read more »

City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert

City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert is an epistolary novel recounting the life of Vivian Morris, a young woman growing up in New York City in the 1940s.  Though much of the book focuses on Vivian’s . . . read more »

The Rationing by Charles Wheelan

Set in the near future, The Rationing takes place when the government supply of a modern miracle drug, Dormigen, is depleted just as a disease erupts that calls for that drug. The story is from the . . . read more »

The Bees by Laline Paull

The Bees by Laline Paull, is without a doubt the most unusual book I have read. Flora 717 is a sanitation worker, born to the lowest class of the hive. She’s born large and hideous . . . read more »

Liar by K.L. Slater

After Ben’s wife dies, his mother Judi does everything she can to help Ben raise his two boys. To Judi family is everything and nothing is too much to do for her “boys”. Then, Ben . . . read more »

The Mother-in-law by Sally Hepworth

This book shows how complicated relationships within families can be. When Lucy met her mother-in-law, there was definitely a chill in the air.  Her mother-in-law, Diana, was polite, but it seemed Lucy was not good . . . read more »

Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury

Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury chronicles the summer of 12 year old Douglas Spaulding in the fictional town of Green Town, Illinois.  Drawing from his own childhood, Bradbury captures the magic of the summer months, . . . read more »

All You Can Ever Know by Nicole Chung

This is a beautifully written memoir about adoption and family. Nicole Chung was born premature to a Korean American family and given up for adoption. Her adoptive parents are white and she grew up in . . . read more »

The Little Paris Bookshop by Nina George

The Little Paris Bookshop by Nina George follows Jean Perdu, a bookseller who has a special gift.  He uses literature as medicine to cure his customers of melancholy, heartache, and other emotional illnesses.  Although Perdu . . . read more »

The Dreamers by Karen Thompson Walker

There is some science fiction that I like and will read—this book was one. At a campus dorm in California, a student goes to sleep and doesn’t wake up. Than another student falls asleep and . . . read more »

Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik

This is a well written fantasy/fairy tale novel about Miryem, the daughter of a moneylender who lives in a small village. Her father is not good at getting the villagers to pay their debts so . . . read more »

One of Us is Lying by Karen McManus

A student dies in detention surrounded by four classmates. At first, it looked like an accidental death. However, the student is allergic to peanuts and all he drank was water. His EpiPen is missing and . . . read more »

Good Talk by Mira Jacob

Mira, an Indian woman married to a Jewish man and living in NYC, explores her place in America in this graphic novel memoir.  Her son, a precocious 6 year-old the author refers to in the . . . read more »

No Exit by Taylor Adams

This is a fast, suspenseful thrill ride of a novel with lots of twists and turns. College student Darby is driving home in a terrible snowstorm, trying to make it to see her dying mother. . . . read more »

The Secret Lives of Color by Kassia St. Clair

Did you know that silver was once thought to detect poison, which made it a popular choice for utensils, which lead to our everyday silverware?  That’s just one example of the 75 color profiles found . . . read more »

Look How Happy I’m Making You by Polly Rosenwaike

This is one of the best short story collections I’ve read recently. Each story is about pregnancy or new motherhood and takes an honest, refreshing look at the complexities of both. One story is about . . . read more »

Soul of an Octopus by Sy Montogomery

In the Soul of an Octopus Sy Montogomery describes her experiences as she befriends several octopi with different personalities—gentle Athena, assertive Octavia, curious Kali, and joyful Karma. The creatures show their cleverness in many ways: escaping very . . . read more »

Kid Gloves: nine months of careful chaos by Lucy Knisley

Cartoonist Lucy Knisley has chronicled her life through graphic novels, starting with Relish, which explored her life growing up in the kitchen.  In her latest memoir, Knisley explores her pregnancy and the birth of her . . . read more »

How to Write an Autobiographical Novel by Alexander Chee

This book is essentially a memoir in essays by novelist Alexander Chee, who wrote the historical fiction novel The Queen of the Night. Each essay can stand on its own, but as a collection they . . . read more »

The Last Act by Brad Taylor

When an out of work actor, Tommy Jump, takes on a role for the FBI, he has to go undercover in a federal prison. He is to spend 6 months impersonating a convicted felon and . . . read more »

Andrew Jackson and the Miracle of New Orleans by Brian Kilmead and Don Yeager

While we have all heard of Andrew Jackson, most of us know little about the fatherless 14-year-old boy, imprisoned by the British in 1881, who lost both of his brothers to the war and then . . . read more »

Every Breath by Nicholas Sparks

This book is about a 36-year-old woman trying to figure out her life and where it should go after a fight with her boyfriend of six years who has never proposed. The second main character . . . read more »

Inheritance by Dani Shapiro

A DNA test taken on a lark reveals surprising results.  Blonde haired, blue-eyed Dani is not the daughter of her Jewish father, but the product of artificial insemination.  Dani’s tale of finding her biological father . . . read more »

Our House by Louise Candlish

This is a “domestic suspense” novel that I read cover-to-cover last weekend. Right from the beginning this book held my attention when the mom returns home after being away for two days to find someone . . . read more »