Book of the Week: ‘Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine’
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely FineGail Honeymoon2017, 327 pagesFiction After just a few paragraphs into Gail Honeymoon’s superbly written novel, it becomes quite clear that Eleanor Oliphant is … not completely fine. An emotionally, mentally and physically abusive upbringing, the experience of a horrifically tragic incident at the age of 10, and a young adult life spent in the foster care system has lead Eleanor to lead a very...
Book of the Week: ‘The War That Saved My Life’
The War That Saved My LifeKimberly Brubaker Bradley2016, 316 pagesJuvenile fiction This work of historical fiction begins in the slums of London at the beginning of World War II. It is a touching story of 10-year-old Ada and her brother, Jamie. Ada was born with a clubfoot and her mother chose not to have it fixed. Ada has never left their apartment because her mother is too humiliated to let her outside. When her brother comes home...
Book of the Week: ‘Ready Player One’
Ready Player OneErnest Cline2011, 374 pagesAdult fiction The year is 2044 in the United States; Oklahoma City, to be exact. Virtual reality is how people live their lives now within the world of the Oasis. They can do anything and be anyone they want to be there and it allows them to escape what is the real world. But when the death of the great creator of the Oasis, James Halliday, comes around, everything changes. It is a race...
Book of the Week: ‘The Library at the Edge of the World’
The Library at the Edge of the WorldFelicity Hayes-McCoy2017, 340 pagesFiction Hanna Casey is the local librarian in Lissberg, a small village on the west coast of Ireland. Hannah drives the bookmobile and often has folks flagging her down on her rounds to exchange a book. The bookmobile is a way to keep the small villages connected along the rural coastline.But the Lissberg Library is in jeopardy of being closed, and Hannah’s...
Book of the Week: ‘An American Marriage’
An American Marriage Tayari Jones 2018, 320 pages Fiction Celestial has a bad feeling as she and her new husband, Roy Othaniel Hamilton, drive closer and closer to Roy’s hometown of Eloe, La., to visit his parents. She asks Roy to turn around, to drive them back to Atlanta, where they’ve settled as an up and coming couple, one an executive and one an artist, both on the brink of success and recognition. If only Roy had listened.Flash...
