The Girl on the Train
5 Buzzed-About Novels from 2015
The year is drawing to a close, but you still need something to read over the holidays! These novels were all bestsellers, glowingly reviewed or had loads of buzz. If you missed reading any of these top picks from 2015, you might want to binge-read before the New Year. Fates and Furies by Lauren… Read More »
Tags: A God in Ruins, A Little Life, Buzz, fates and furies, Go Set A Watchman, Harper Lee, Staff Picks, The Girl on the Train
Can You Guess the Contemporary Novel from the First Sentence?
I recently discovered Buzzfeed had done an amazing quiz called Can You Guess The Classic Novel From Its First Sentence? and I loved it so much I just had to create a spinoff for contemporary novels. Test your knowledge of recent literature! 1. “I was born twice: first, as a baby girl, on a… Read More »
Tags: All The Light We Cannot See, Americanah, beautiful ruins, Bridget Jones' Diary, Circling the Sun, Confessions of a Shopaholic, Euphoria, Gone Girl, If I Stay, Life After Life, Middlesex, Orphan Train, station eleven, The Book Thief, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, The Devil Wears Prada, The Fault in Our Stars, The Girl on the Train, The Good Girl, The Help, The Husband's Secret, The Light Between Oceans, the nightingale, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, The Poisonwood Bible, The Rosie Project, The Secret Life of Bees, The Vacationers, Where'd You Go Bernadette, White Teeth
The Girl On The Train, and Other Railway Ride Reads
Is there a more romantic and literary way to travel than by train? If you’re like me, trains have played a big part in your [commuting] life. Whether they’re via subways, skytrains or the old school long-distance railway originals, train rides of all kinds continue to be bookworm-friendly—not only do they offer perfect pockets of… Read More »
Tags: All The Light We Cannot See, Books, carlos ruiz zafon, Double Indemnity, fiction, Mary Kubica, Night Train to Lisbon, nonfiction, Orphan Train, Patricia Highsmith, Patti Smith, Pretty Baby, Staff Picks, Stephen King, Strangers on a Train, The Girl on the Train, The Shadow of the Wind
Book Bites: News and Views for September 18
Friends, fans, and publishers celebrated the launch of Karma Brown’s Come Away With Me at the Spoke Club in Toronto on September 16. Officially released on August 25, Brown’s powerful debut follows a young woman on international adventure she and her husband try to readjust to life following a tragedy. * It’s awards season!… Read More »
Tags: Booker Prize, Buzz, come away with me, Giller Prize, karma brown, National Book Awards, New York Times, The Girl on the Train, the martian