Blog Posts on literary fiction

The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides by Coffeespoons on Jan 8, 2012Summary "Madeleine Hanna breaks out of her straight-and-narrow mold when she falls in love with charismatic loner Leonard Bankhead, while an old friend resurfaces, obsessed with the idea that Madeleine is his destiny." - from NPR.org The good stuff...

Review: The Imperfectionists by Tom Rachman by Smitten over Books on Nov 9, 2011Read from January 21 to 22, 2011 Book: The Imperfectionists by Tom Rachman Publication Date: April 6, 2010 Publisher: The Dial Press Number of Pages: 288 Genre/s: Literary Fiction, Adult Fiction, Contemporary One of most acclaimed books of...

“You grew up, Alex,” he said, “just like the rest of us.”—Jennifer Egan, A Visit from the Goon Squad by In Lesbians with Books on Aug 15, 2011For a while, there was a sudden hype about this book I never heard before, and I am curious what it is all about, aside from being a Winner of the Pulitzer Prize. Most of the book readers and bloggers I know, have read this and loved it. Some cried,...