Category: Fiction

06.30.17 Books

Sweetbitter

I loved this book for many of the same reasons I loved Cork Dork. Food and wine aside, however, Sweetbitter is a very different book. It’s a familiar story on the…

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Book Review - Chemistry, by Weike Wang
06.16.17 Books

Chemistry

I was terrible in chemistry lab. Theory, I had no problem with. I could explain biochemical reactions and solve physical chemistry problems (with the help of a lot of paper,…

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Book Review - Rich People Problems
06.09.17 Books

Rich People Problems

Summer vacation, meet the perfect book. (Well, after this one). Rich People Problems, the third in Kevin Kwan’s hilarious series, did not disappoint. I think it’s actually my favorite of…

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05.22.17 Books

Startup

Women characters – in literature and on-screen – are written one of two ways. The first is to make the men look more interesting than they actually are. Women are…

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05.05.17 Books

Exit West

I’ve been a fan of Mohsin Hamid since his debut novel, The Reluctant Fundamentalist. I was always curious about his decision to move back to Pakistan and launch his literary…

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04.21.17 Books

Dark Matter

“I love you across space-time.” It’s the phrase my husband had engraved on my iPad, and the phrase we say to one another every day. Yes, we’re nerds. But we…

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04.14.17 Books

Follow Me Into The Dark

I have never read a book like this before. And I don’t think I’ll read another book like it. Having been let down by some recent thrillers (Luckiest Girl Alive…

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03.24.17 Books

The Futures

Girls meets boy at Ivy League university. Girl and boy graduate and move to New York for work – him in finance, her in philanthropy. The 2008 financial crisis happens.…

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