Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self – Danielle Evans
“Many of the stories in Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self hinge on the difference between the people or experiences we think will save us and the total damnation we feel upon pursuing them.”
Unlike the repetitive flow of water, which can both deposit and erode, the novel’s mantras neither build nor deconstruct.
“I like my promises kept, especially when they’re made by people I trust.”
The Imperfectionists – Tom Rachman
“With rampant factual inaccuracies, an ever-shrinking readership, and an office best known for its dirty carpeting, most of the staff is beginning to wonder why the paper is even in existence.”
The Gin Closet – Leslie Jamison
“Stella, a twenty-something in the City, frustrated with the repeated self-injury of her vapid community, steps out of her own life and tries to enact something realer.”
The Invisible Bridge – Julie Orringer
“The Invisible Bridge is insistent in its attention to the survival of humanity in dark times, while admitting that even high romance is all a matter of brutal chance.”
“It is a strange thing to find a book with no sense of humor, and stranger still to realize just how important and comforting even trace elements of a comic sensibility can be.”