I’ve never read Mary H.K. Choi before, but it would seem her YA novels are well-loved. Pool House (Flatiron 2026) is her debut adult novel. It’s an extremely well-written novel, with a bit of a bite to the dialogue and characters that drew me in even though the plot isn’t one that would typically holdContinue reading “POOL HOUSE – Mary H.K. Choi”
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RASPUTIN SWIMS THE POTOMAC – Ben Fountain
Ben Fountain is a born, bred and dead Carolina kid. (I’ll ignore the Duke years.) While he spent much of his legal career in Texas, he was born and raised in NC, educated at Carolina, and now lives in NC. And he’s written one helluva political satire in Rasputin Swims the Potomac (Flatiron 2026). I’mContinue reading “RASPUTIN SWIMS THE POTOMAC – Ben Fountain”
SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER – Vincent Yu
Seek Immediate Shelter by Vincent Yu ( Flatiron 2026) was a bit of a disappointment. The novel is a series of interconnected short stories about residents of a small Asian-American community in Massachusetts following a false ballistic missile alert. There is one section that takes place months after the alert and piggy-backs on an earlierContinue reading “SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER – Vincent Yu”
A Girl Named Tommi 