Romantic Comedy was everything I want from a romantic comedy. Sittenfeld does an incredible job building the world of a TV show modeled after SNL. The details made it come alive. And the characters are ones you root for. 5 star read for me!
Reid truly captures what it is to be human here--in all its complexity, ugliness, beauty, hope, and truth. I was awed by the richness of the characters.
A Best Book of the Year: The Washington Post • Chicago Tribune • NPR • Vogue • Elle • Real Simple • InStyle • Good Housekeeping • Parade • Slate • Vox • Kirkus Reviews • Library Journal • BookPage
Longlisted for the 2020 Booker Prize
An Instant New York Times Bestseller
A Reese's Book Club Pick
"The most provocative page-turner of the year." --Entertainment Weekly
"I urge you to read Such a Fun Age." --NPR
A striking and surprising debut novel from an exhilarating new voice, Such a Fun Age is a page-turning and big-hearted story about race and…
I just read Emily Wilson's translation of The Odyssey and it was a revelation. I highly recommend reading the author's note to fully appreciate all of the interesting decisions Wilson made. If you thought you knew The Odyssey but you haven't read Wilson's version, do yourself a favor and read it again.
The first great adventure story in the Western canon, The Odyssey is a poem about violence and the aftermath of war; about wealth, poverty and power; about marriage, family and identity; and about travellers, hospitality and the changing meanings of home in a strange world.
This vivid new translation-the first by a woman-matches the number of lines in the Greek original, striding at Homer's sprightly pace. Emily Wilson employs elemental, resonant language and an iambic pentameter to produce a translation with an enchanting "rhythm and rumble" that avoids proclaiming its own grandeur. An engrossing tale told in a compelling new…
Dangerous Play is a young-adult feminist sports thriller. Zoe is the fierce co-captain of her field hockey team who dreams of a sports scholarship and a ticket to college. She’s a driven perfectionist who always follows the rules. When she’s sexually assaulted, everything she thought she knew about herself and her world spin upside down. Zoe and her teammates soon realize the rules they thought would protect them are, in fact, stacked against them. So, they fight back. I intentionally place the girls in high-stakes scenarios traditionally reserved for cis men, as they decide whether to change the playing field, or change the game entirely. It’s a story about righting wrongs, the fierce loyalty of ride-or-die friendships, and the transformative power of female solidarity. Zoe’s forced to confront her own flaws as she learns that true strength lies not in perfection, but in vulnerability and resilience. If you want to read a book about the power of female friendship and the courage to challenge society as well as your own flaws, give it a read.
