When No One is Watching by Alyssa Cole
Sydney Green is way beyond anxious and she has every right to be. Her neighborhood, Gifford Place in Brooklyn, no longer feels like home. Looking out from the top floor of...
Category: Fiction
Infinite Country by Patricia Engel
When American Dirt was published by Flatiron books (a division of Macmillan), there was a storm of protest from hundreds of writers. One of their many concerns involved the discriminatory practices...
Caul Baby by Morgan Jerkins
It’s 1998 Harlem, and Laila Reserve is debating whether or not to approach the Melancon family for help after suffering multiple miscarriages. The Melancons, a powerful Creole family living in the...
Conviction by Denise Mina
I must have placed at least 100 tabs on amazingly written passages of this book, and I have added all of Denise Mina’s other books to my ‘Goodreads Want to Read...
Disappearing Earth by Julia Phillips
Published in 2019 by Alfred A. Knopf in New York, Disappearing Earth is Julia Phillips’ debut novel. The first chapter sets the tone for the author’s exquisite writing and introduces the...
Of Women and Salt by Gabriela Garcia
Of Women and Salt is a work of fiction published by Flatiron Books in 2021 and authored by Gabriela Garcia (not to be confused with the athlete Gabi Garcia or the...
A Long Petal of the Sea by Isabel Allende
The English edition of A Long Petal of the Sea by Isabel Allende (Translated by Nick Caistor and Amanda Hopkinson) was published in 2020 by Ballantine Books. Born in Lima, Peru...
A Shot in the Dark by Lynne Truss
This mystery did not receive a high rating on Goodreads, but I loved it and thought it was hilarious. I now plan to read everything I can get my hands on...
The Seed Keeper by Diane Wilson
In an interview, Diane Wilson stated that, “At its heart, this novel is a tribute and a prayer and a gesture of gratitude to the seeds that have sustained indigenous communities...
Fresh Water for Flowers by Valérie Perrin (translator Hildegarde Serle)
Published in 2020, by Europa Editions UK, Fresh Water for Flowers is Valérie Perrin’s English debut. It is one of the best novels I have read in 2021; a triumph that...
