Nia Forrester
'The Secret Place' by Tana French
More of what I've come to expect from Tana French--flawless character development, tight plotting, a keen sense of place and an...
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Nia Forrester
- Dec 4, 2022
- 2 min
LISTENING TO: 'Locust Lane' by Stephen Amidon
In the exclusive community of Emerson, MA, there's been a murder on Locust Lane. The victim is an outsider, a beautiful young woman not...
Nia Forrester
- Sep 13, 2022
- 3 min
'Nightcrawling' by Leila Mottley
This book was so difficult to finish. Not because the writing wasn't beautiful (it was), or the plot wasn't fast-paced enough (it was),...
Nia Forrester
- Jul 4, 2022
- 2 min
'Beautiful World, Where Are You' by Sally Rooney
This is not an easy writer, I can tell you that. And 'Beautiful World, Where Are You' is definitely not an easy book. Part of me thinks...
Nia Forrester
- May 19, 2022
- 2 min
'Post-Traumatic' by Chantal V. Johnson
Oh, Vivian. The main character in this book reminds me of the friend we all have---the one who is high-functioning and scarily smart, but...
Nia Forrester
- May 13, 2022
- 4 min
'Nobody's Magic' by Destiny O. Birdsong
I'm really excited about this author. As someone who is not a big consumer of poetry, I wasn't aware of her previous work, but as a debut...
Nia Forrester
- Apr 27, 2022
- 3 min
'Tell Me Everything: The Story of a Private Investigation' by Erika Krouse
First of all ... just, wow. 'Tell Me Everything' was ... everything. This is one of the best reading experiences I've had in a long time....
Nia Forrester
- Mar 27, 2022
- 2 min
'Exciting Times' by Naoise Dolan
Ava is twentysomething and Irish, two characteristics that loom large in her self-image. For reasons not altogether clear, but vaguely...
Nia Forrester
- Feb 24, 2022
- 2 min
'Open Water' by Caleb Azumah Nelson
I don't know if I've always liked the name 'Caleb' or whether I've just developed a crush on this author for his lyrical, incredibly...
Nia Forrester
- Jan 25, 2022
- 3 min
'O Beautiful' by Jung Yun
Former model, current struggling freelance writer Elinor is surprised at her good fortune when her former writing professor (and former...
Nia Forrester
- Jan 25, 2022
- 2 min
'The Worst Kind of Want' Liska Jacobs
Priscilla "Cilla" Messing was born into a well-known Hollywood family, but her life is now very different than it used to be. Her father...
Nia Forrester
- Jan 25, 2022
- 2 min
'Acts of Desperation' by Megan Nolan
Have you ever been in a truly toxic relationship? The kind where you compromise yourself and do things you hoped you would never do?...
Nia Forrester
- Jan 25, 2022
- 2 min
'My Monticello' by Jocelyn Nicole Johnson
If you're Black and know the story of Sally Hemings and Thomas Jefferson, you've probably wondered about that episode in history, and...
Nia Forrester
- Nov 24, 2020
- 2 min
'The Vanishing Half' by Brit Bennett
In The Vanishing Half, Mallard, Louisiana is a town where the people are "Negroes" and yet look as white as the white people who both...
Nia Forrester
- Nov 24, 2020
- 2 min
'Memorial' by Bryan Washington
What a beautiful book. Bryan Washington is one of those authors who manage to convey emotion with and between words, and in a way that...
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