The BookFetish Blog

I recently listened to the audiobook of Tana French’s The Witch Elm. I have liked French’s Dublin Murder Squad series and was looking forward to this one. From the Publisher’s Summary: From the writer who “inspires cultic devotion in readers” (The New Yorker) and has been called “incandescent” by Stephen King, “absolutely mesmerizing” by Gillian Flynn, and […]

The authors of The Wife Between Us are back with a new thriller that will be released on January 8, 2019. From the Publisher’s Summary: Seeking women ages 18–32 to participate in a study on ethics and morality. Generous compensation. Anonymity guaranteed. When Jessica Farris signs up for a psychology study conducted by the mysterious […]

I chose Sweet Little Lies as one of my Book of the Month selections earlier this year. You know I enjoy a good mystery, and the synopsis intrigued me: “In this gripping debut procedural, a young London policewoman must probe dark secrets buried deep in her own family’s past to solve a murder and a […]

An illuminating account of a terrible part of American history, Radium Girls tells the story of the young women who painted luminescent watch dials, ingesting and exposing themselves to Radium. From the publisher’s summary: The Curies’ newly discovered element of radium makes gleaming headlines across the nation as the fresh face of beauty, and wonder […]

September Book Club, we chose Joshilyn Jackson’s The Opposite of Everyone. From the publisher’s synopsis: Born in Alabama, Paula Vauss spent the first decade of her life on the road with her free-spirited young mother, Kai, an itinerant storyteller who blended Hindu mythology with southern oral tradition to re-invent their history as they roved. But […]