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Review: Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman

February 14, 2019

No one’s ever told Eleanor that life should be better than fine.  Meet Eleanor Oliphant: She struggles with appropriate social skills and tends to say exactly what she’s thinking. Nothing is missing in her carefully timetabled life of avoiding social interactions, where weekends are punctuated by frozen pizza, vodka, and phone chats with Mummy.  But … More Review: Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman

Review: The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides

February 10, 2019

Alicia Berenson’s life is seemingly perfect. A famous painter married to an in-demand fashion photographer, she lives in a grand house with big windows overlooking a park in one of London’s most desirable areas. One evening her husband Gabriel returns home late from a fashion shoot, and Alicia shoots him five times in the face, … More Review: The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides

Review: A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness

February 5, 2019

Deep in the stacks of Oxford’s Bodleian Library, young scholar Diana Bishop unwittingly calls up a bewitched alchemical manuscript in the course of her research. Descended from an old and distinguished line of witches, Diana wants nothing to do with sorcery; so after a furtive glance and a few notes, she banishes the book to … More Review: A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness