Nevermore 8-19-25
Reported by Rita
El Dorado Drive: A Novel by Megan
Abbott
Facing financial ruin, three sisters in Detroit join a
seemingly lucrative club called "The Wheel," but their desperation
for financial independence spirals into an addiction, leading to shocking
crimes that threaten to destroy everything.
I didn't care for it. I thought it was mediocre, and it
dragged on. -NH 2 stars
Theft by Abdulrazak Gurnah
In early 21st-century Tanzania, Karim, Fauzia, and Badar
navigate ambition, escape, and uncertainty as their lives intertwine amidst
global changes that bring both opportunities and challenges, reshaping their
understanding of destiny and self-determination.
It was sort of strange, but well-written. - AH 5 stars
Miller's Valley by Anna Quindlen
Coming of age in a dwindling 1960s farming community in
eastern Pennsylvania, Mimi struggles with profound family secrets and the pain
of falling in love with the wrong person against a backdrop of dynamic
historical periods.
Really relatable with lots of interaction among characters. I
loved it. - CD 5 stars
Other
Books Mentioned
Signal to Noise by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
The Bewitching by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Vera, or Faith by Gary Shteyngart
The Journey, A Novel by James
A. Michener
I Like You: Hospitality Under the Influence by Amy Sedaris
Where the Rivers Merge by Mary Alice Monroe
Differ We Must: How Lincoln Succeeded in a Divided
America by Steve Inskeep
How to Forget: A Daughter's Memoir by Kate
Mulgrew
Starling House by Alix E. Harrow
Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and
Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection by John Green
How Y'all Doing?: Misadventures and Mischief from
a Life Well Lived by Leslie Jordan
New Books
The Codebreaker's Daughter by Amy
Lynn Green
The Witch's Orchard by
Archer Sullivan
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