Book Talk: Y by Marjorie Celona

Shannon’s story begins with an end, the moment her mother abandons her in front of a YMCA just hours after her birth.

Book Talk: The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman

The backbone of this story is Tom, the new lighthouse keeper of Janus Rock, a fictional island in Australia. He’s honest, reflective, strong, conscientious, and rule-abiding. A veteran. A survivor. Distant.

Book Talk: Crazy Little Thing by Tracy Brogan

I wanted to like this book. I usually love chick lit – if it’s written remotely well. This is not.

Book Talk: Stiltsville by Susanna Daniel

This is, if anything, a love story. It begins and ends with Dennis.

I finished this book on a long flight and it destroyed me. I held back tears (pretty unsuccessfully) the whole time. My poor neighbors.

Book Talk: Coal Black Horse by Robert Olmstead

Hands down one of the most unexpectedly great books I’ve read in a very long time. I knew nothing about it going in and really only have good things to say at the end.