1. Anything is Possible by Elizabeth Strout
(15 Rave, 2 Positive)
“Anything Is Possible confirms Strout as one of our most grace-filled, and graceful, writers … There’s a gift to be found in this simple sharing of pain. It’s the gift of grace, the place where this book finds possibility in a vale of tears.”
–Anthony Domestico (The Boston Globe)
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2. Borne by Jeff VanderMeer
(9 Rave, 1 Positive)
“…when I term Borne the author’s best work yet, it’s precisely for this untrammeled inventiveness. VanderMeer has brought off a fiction that takes him again and again to his strength, namely, imaginative spectacle.”
–John Domini (Bookforum)
*
3. Priestdaddy by Patricia Lockwood
(6 Rave, 1 Mixed)
“…there is a jellyfish quality to Lockwood’s narration. It is easy to be distracted and delighted by her strange, phosphorescent prose, but the wisp of an idea brushes against you, and before you know it, there’s a welt.”
–Casey N. Cep (The New Republic)
*
4. The American Spirit by David McCullough
(3 Rave, 2 Positive)
“…it’s full of knowledge, wit and optimism, and McCullough’s characteristic erudition shines through on every page … His faith in the country is touching, and this book is a gift.”
–Michael Schaub (NPR)
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5. Hamlet Globe to Globe by Dominic Dromgoole
(4 Rave, 1 Pan)
“Hamlet Globe to Globe is a compulsively readable, intensely personal chronicle … a tribute to the perils and pleasures of touring.”
–Stephen Greenblatt (The New York Times Book Review)
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