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Paperbacks to Look Out For in May 2022: Part Two

25 April 2022 / 21 Comments

Whereas I’d read all the books in the first part of May’s paperback preview, I’ve only managed two in the second, starting with Joan Silber’s Secrets of Happiness which begins with the sudden revelation of the second family of an apparently happily married man. Ethan and Allyson took their parents’ happiness for granted until the […]

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Books to Look Out For in August 2021

Not unexpectedly in a month when publishers’ sights are firmly set on summer reading, I’ve only come across enough titles for a single preview post although it’s a pleasingly mixed bag, several of which I’ve already read. I’m starting with John Boyne’s The Echo Chamber which I practically inhaled as soon as it arrived. It