Fiction

Say Something by N Gemini Sasson, which was way different from the other book by her I read (Ysabeau, a historical novel) but was excellent, and apparently is more like what she usually writes, stories featuring dogs and people. It was kind of a tearjerker, but lovely.

Also The Night Burns Bright by Ross Barkan, which was extremely different from that, a story of a young boy growing up in a commune which at first seems benign, teaching respect for nature and the environment, but eventually becomes a cult gone crazy. It was pretty good too, although the ending was kind of weird. I had trouble putting it down.

And now, for a change, The Memory of You, by Samantha Tonge, about a down on her luck novelist who's reeling from a series of bad reviews of her last book. She meets a server from a cafe and, on a whim, she agrees to take her job for five weeks so the server can go on a tour of Southeast Asia with her daughter. It doesn't turn out to be what she expected, but it ends up being something much better!