Leaving Unknown: A Novel is Kerry Reichs’ second book featuring the Connelly sisters.Whereas Kerry’s first novel, The Best Day of Someone Else’s Life followed older sister Vi, her new novel,  Leaving Unknown: A Novel
follows Maeve, the younger sister. I love these books. The older sister, Vi is Type A and very together, while Maeve [...]

The Opposite of Me: A Novel, Sarah Pekkanen’s debut novel, was one of those books I wanted to like but was worried I wouldn’t. The conclusion seemed so obvious: workaholic less-pretty twin Lindsey Rose is fired from her New York City advertising job and moves to her childhood home (and Pekkanen’s current home) in Bethesda, [...]

This is how busy Andrea Rodgers is: Not only do I review the newish books that publishers send to us occasionally, but I also review the books she has had on her shelves and hasn’t managed to get to yet. Which is how I came to be reviewing Candace Bushnell’s novel, Lipstick Jungle, a year [...]

If you want a good basic understanding of the economic collapse, skip Wikipedia and read Tatiana Boncompagni’s  Hedge Fund Wives, where the novel is weak on emotional heft, it’s strong on research.
Boncompagni has worked as a journalist, and it shows. Hedge Fund Wives, her second published novel, is at times heavy on the “telling” and [...]