The Midnight Library by Matt Haig has been described as an uplifting book for book lovers, and it involves alternate realities so that automatically piqued my interest. I’ve been busy with some other projects and life stuff, plus struggling to get through some more “downer” type books, so I thought I’d switch to this one …
Prologue (A Conversation About Rain) The book opens in the library at Hazeldene School in the town of Bedford. It’s 19 years before Nora Seed will someday decide to commit suicide. Nora plays chess with Mrs. Elm, the librarian. Meanwhile, they talk about Nora’s her future and career plans. Nora is smart and a star …
Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam has been a pretty buzzy book this year, helped along by reports of it being soon to be adapted into a Netflix movie starring Julia Roberts and Denzel Washington. It’s a tense story about a family on vacation and the arrival of some strangers. Leave the World Behind …
Jodi Picoult’s The Book of Two Ways drew me in with its premise involving Egyptology, long-lost love and multiple timelines. It’s one of those books that I knew right off the bat that I was a good reader for. In the story, the main character, Dawn, navigates two possible timelines for herself. There’s one where …
Prologue A woman, Dawn Edelstein, is on a flight to Raleigh-Durham when the plane crashes. She is one of 36 survivors. After her hospital examination, they ask where she needs to go. She thinks of her husband, Brian, and her home in Boston. But another destination comes up in her mind. Chapter 1: Land/Egypt In …
