Read this if you want to be charmed, amused, provoked and enthralled. Ian McEwan is a storyteller of monumental proportions, and Nutshell is up there with the best of his novels. With a fetus as a narrator bringing sly observant wisdom and wit to the life he is about to enter, this book is fantastical, yes, but mostly just irresistible! - Roxanne

No one can top Carl Hiaasen for depicting Florida insanity.

This time we have wild insurance scams, a redneck reality show, a down on his luck detective (there has to be a good guy) and, of course, giant Gambian rats! 

Complex characters and beautiful language set the stage for this emotional story of a marriage over decades- the ups, the downs, their hopes and dreams- some dashed, some realized. Struggling artists in a sometimes struggling marriage wondering Kids or No Kids? Are these true friends or enemies? And what of family with ulterior motives?  

We rely on writers to help us make sense of the world we live in. Franzen has always led the way in providing insight into families and society. If he has lost his sense of humor with Purity, it is with good reason.

Franzen is appropriately worried about our future in his most compelling work yet. - Peggy

Brilliance once again! If you read A Constellation of 

Vital Phenomena, you must read this! (If not--read both!)

I love how Anthony Marra not only writes these Russian short stories--spanning hundreds of years--but he finds ways, sometimes extremely subtle, to weave a story in itself between them! 

Some of his stories are heart-breaking, 

many are thought-provoking! - Lori