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A God in Ruins by Kate Atkinson

by Bubbly Bibbly | Sep 9, 2020 | Book Review, Literary Fiction

Summary: The highly anticipated follow-up to Kate Atkinson’s #1 bestseller Life After Life , “one of the best novels I’ve read this century” (Gillian Flynn). Kate Atkinson’s new novel tells the story of Ursula Todd’s beloved younger...

Blessed Are the Cheesemakers by Sarah-Kate Lynch

by Bubbly Bibbly | Sep 8, 2020 | Book Review

Summary: Abby has been estranged from the family farm since her rebellious mother ran off with her when she was a small child. Kit is a burned out New York stockbroker who’s down on his luck. But that’s all about to change, now that he and Abby have...

Odd Hours by Dean Koontz

by Bubbly Bibbly | Sep 8, 2020 | Book Review, Crime/Mystery/Thriller, Fantasy

Summary: Strange times need strange heroes. Odd Thomas lives always between two worlds. He can see the lingering dead and knows that even in chaos, there is order, purpose, and strange meaning that invites our understanding but often thwarts it. Intuition has brought...

The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin

by Bubbly Bibbly | Sep 8, 2020 | Book Review, Literary Fiction

Summary: Gabrielle Zevin’s enchanting novel is a love letter to the world of books–and booksellers–that changes our lives by giving us the stories that open our hearts and enlighten our minds. On the faded Island Books sign hanging over the porch of the...

Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson

by Bubbly Bibbly | Sep 8, 2020 | Book Review, Literary Fiction

Summary: Winner of the Whitbread Prize for best first fiction, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit is a coming-out novel from Winterson, the acclaimed author of The Passion and Sexing the Cherry. The narrator, Jeanette, cuts her teeth on the knowledge that she is one of...