The Opposite of Me, 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, MD, where [...]

 
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 [...]