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    The Lying Life of Adults by Elena Ferrante
    Jessica Maria
    • Sep 22, 2020
    • 5 min

    The Lying Life of Adults by Elena Ferrante

    I should’ve known Elena Ferrante would write the book that made me remember those searing, clawing, self-loathing inner thoughts...
    Writers & Lovers by Lily King
    Alexandra Mendes
    • Sep 21, 2020
    • 4 min

    Writers & Lovers by Lily King

    I'm a not die-hard fan of Kid Cudi, but one song that I can listen to on repeat is "Pursuit of Happiness." Reading Writers & Lovers, I ke...
    Fleishman is in Trouble by Taffy Brodesser-Akner
    Courtney Dyer
    • Sep 17, 2020
    • 7 min

    Fleishman is in Trouble by Taffy Brodesser-Akner

    Fleishman Is In Trouble has been blurbed by many people as a book that accurately represents modern marriage;  described as an honest and...
    Kokomo by Victoria Hannan
    Courtney Dyer
    • Sep 16, 2020
    • 5 min

    Kokomo by Victoria Hannan

    Kokomo is Victoria Hannan’s debut novel set in Melbourne, Australia. Mina lives in London and is urgently called home after years abroad w...
    Boy Parts by Eliza Clark
    Christina Branco
    • Sep 15, 2020
    • 4 min

    Boy Parts by Eliza Clark

    A byword is commonly associated to Boy Parts, Eliza Clarke's debut novel: Northern filth. I scan my bookshelf. I look at my Goodreads acc...
    FATHER MAY BE AN ELEPHANT AND MOTHER ONLY A SMALL BASKET, BUT… BY GOGU SHYAMALA
    Areeb Ahmad
    • Sep 14, 2020
    • 6 min

    FATHER MAY BE AN ELEPHANT AND MOTHER ONLY A SMALL BASKET, BUT… BY GOGU SHYAMALA

    A standard definition of caste, found on Wikipedia, is “a form of social stratification characterized by endogamy, hereditary transmissio...
    Heatstroke by Hazel Barkworth
    Courtney Dyer
    • Sep 10, 2020
    • 4 min

    Heatstroke by Hazel Barkworth

    When a young adolescent, Lily, goes missing one summer evening everyone is shaken by the disturbance to mundane normality. Rachel, who is...
    Pew By Catherine Lacey
    Victoria Storm
    • Sep 9, 2020
    • 7 min

    Pew By Catherine Lacey

    Pew is what happens when you take a vague figure—genderless, young but hard to pin an exact age, racially ambiguous—and throw them into t...
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