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Reckless Girls

Reckless Girls is a new novel by Rachel Hawkins, the author of The Wife Upstairs. I'd really enjoyed the Southern…

3 years ago

The Beach

The realistic travel scenes blended with the creeping horror of isolation makes The Beach compelling, although the intensely early-twenties-ness of the…

3 years ago

Saint X

Saint X, by Alexis Schaitkin, is the story of a disappearance and unexplained death. It feels like a familiar headline:…

3 years ago

The Glass Kingdom

The Glass Kingdom, by Lawrence Osborne, is a vivid, atmospheric story about the darkest sides of expat life. Most of…

3 years ago

Saltwater in the Blood: Surfing, Natural Cycles and the Sea’s Power to Heal

I was interested in Saltwater in the Blood: Surfing, Natural Cycles and the Sea's Power to Heal, by Easkey Britton,…

3 years ago

The Suspect

The Suspect, by Fiona Barton, tells the story of two missing British girls on a Thailand gap-year adventure. When teenage…

3 years ago

Juniors

In Juniors, by Kaui Hart Hemmings, teenage Lea finds herself on Oahu when her actress mother lands a new role.…

4 years ago

The Jetsetters

Dramatic events happened in The Jetsetters, but nothing was resolved in a meaningful way, whether it was an accidental pregnancy…

4 years ago

Monsoon Mansion

 Cinelle Barnes' memoir Monsoon Mansion is like Educated or The Glass Castle, because it feels like reading fiction, with the…

5 years ago

The Islands At The End Of The World

I read The Islands At The End of The World, by Austin Aslan, on the plane to Honolulu, along with…

6 years ago