Masquerading as light and witty fare, “Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine” actually often cuts deep and wends its way into your heart. Eleanor is the most endearing of misanthropes, and Gail Honeyman‘s book is a treat and a treasure. Review published https://chronicbibliophilia.wordpress.com/2017/08/16/eleanor-oliphant-is-complet...

Full review at https://chronicbibliophilia.wordpress.com/2017/08/03/the-time-of-our-singing-by-.... Powers has written a story about identity – racial, familial, personal. The Stroms – particularly Jonah and Joseph – are on a mythic quest to discover who they are and to forge an identity all their own.

Richard Powers‘ 2003 novel is epic and exquisite. It is haunting, masterful music.
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Lesley Nneka Arimah is a gifted writer, with a fascinating and important point of view and an eloquent hand. Her debut collection demands to be noticed and is another exciting exhibit of the seemingly infinite font of brilliant young writers coming out of West Africa. My review at https://chronicbibliophilia.wordpress.com/2017/08/06/what-it-means-when-a-man-fa...