Fiction Reviews

The Wangs vs. the World + Sichuan Boiled Fish Jade Chang’s debut novel The Wangs vs. the World first came to my attention a couple of years ago when I won ... Read more
Life on the Leash + Cran-Pumpkin Peanut Butter Dog Treats Prior to Victoria Schade’s Life on the Leash, I’ve suffered through two 1-star dog-centric reads.* Thank goodness this light-hearted rom com of ... Read more
The One + Creamy Macaroni and Cheese I recently heard about John Marrs’ novel The One on the Currently Reading podcast, in an episode about “Books to Blow Your ... Read more
The City Baker’s Guide to Country Living + Double-Crust Apple Pie Though Louise Miller wrote The City Baker’s Guide to Country Living first, it is the second of her novels that I’ve read. ... Read more
Delicious! + Gingerbread The time of year has come where I’m choosing to settle in with cozy books, and Ruth Reichl’s food-centric novel Delicious! fit ... Read more
Marilla of Green Gables + Raspberry Cordial Like many girls, I grew up with Anne Shirley. I adored her big imagination and found it amusing to watch her get ... Read more
Where the Crawdads Sing + Shrimp and Pimiento-Cheese Grits When Delia Owens’ Where the Crawdads Sing was selected for Reese Withersoon’s book club, it became an instant must-read. Equal parts coming-of-age ... Read more
The Adults + Christmas Morning Muffins Caroline Hulse’s debut novel The Adults is like a Christmas comedy (Four Christmases comes to mind) meets Big Little Lies. Though Claire ... Read more
The Alice Network + Goat Cheese and Prosciutto Crostini Whereas years past have seemed to be filled with WWII-centric historical fiction, I don’t think I’ve read a single book about it ... Read more
An Absolutely Remarkable Thing + Apple Turnovers I’m a huge fan of John Green and I heard a lot of amazingness about his brother’s first novel, and that’s basically ... Read more
The Book of M + Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream I decided to pick up The Book of M by Peng Shepherd after hearing about it on a podcast. The story of ... Read more
Peas, Carrots and an Aston Martin + Carrot Cupcakes For those of you who enjoyed The Afterlife of Walter Augustus, Hannah Lynn is at it again! This time with a more ... Read more
Our Life in the Forest + Roasted Mushrooms with Herbed Quinoa I requested Marie Darrieussecq’s novel Our Life in the Forest from NetGalley because the concept was intriguing. Marie — both the author ... Read more
Good Morning, Midnight + Kale Sausage Soup with Tomatoes and Chickpeas Good Morning, Midnight is a low-key post-apocalyptic novel. Augie is an aging but brilliant astronomer who ends up stranded in the Arctic, ... Read more
A Place for Us + Mango Lassi Fatima Farheen Mirza’s novel A Place for Us put me at a loss for words (a tough position when I need to ... Read more
Virgil Wander + Lasagna Leif Enger is an award-winning author who I’d never heard of before coming across his latest novel, Virgil Wander. He truly has ... Read more
The Clockmaker’s Daughter + Fish and Chips I have never read a Kate Morton novel, but I have heard amazing things — and a lot of buzz about her ... Read more
The Bookshop of Yesterdays + Fig and Goat Cheese Muffins Though I enjoy books about books, it’s rare that I read one right on top of the other. It felt as though ... Read more
The Dream Daughter + Copycat Mexican Pizza The description for Diane Chamberlain’s “genre-spanning” novel The Dream Daughter promises it will be “irresistible.” In that, it was 100% correct. Twenty-six-year-old ... Read more
There There + Indian Tacos Tommy Orange’s novel There There tells a multigenerational story of Native Americans as they are today, living not on reservations but in ... Read more