Book Genre: Fiction

This short, beautifully illustrated (by Ester Hernandez) fable for grownups is not merely about the lost black and white cat of the title. Sandra is feeling lost and wonders at her 53-year-old orphan status when a friend comes to visit her in San Antonio, and the friend's cat runs off. They...

Anders is dead. It is left to his coworker, Marina Singh, to travel into the heart of the Amazon to bring back answers for the pharmaceutical company and Anders body for his wife. Endless millions, and Anders life, have been spent on Dr. Swanson's research on the miraculous fertility of a remote...

Been a long time since a book made me laugh and cry.  Beautiful, tender and heartbreaking. I guarantee someone will make a movie and it will be a complete mockery...

As soon as I finished this book I laughed and cried, I might have even clapped my hands. This John Scratch is not the devil you know, Poore does an excellent job re-imagining such a well known character. Even when he fries people alive you can't help but root for Mr. Scratch as he churns his way...

A century ago, a hunt occurred in a forest by a castle in the Carpathian Mountains.  What transpired that day changed the lives of three people forever -- two devoted friends and the woman they both loved.  Years later, as old men, the two come together for one last conversation, one...

A bit messy and convoluted but the story grabs you and you just need to find out how these two people's lives come together for good or bad.

Complex and beautiful. Read it twice, really loved the ghazals.

Baxter Green cannot forget. Anything. He remembers what he ate for breakfast last Tuesday, what he wore on the first day of kindergarten, even an account number he’s only seen for a second. Baxter’s “gift” may be more trouble than it’s worth. Teachers hate when he corrects them, his classmates...

A stranger arrives in Brownsburg, Virginia. Charlie works hard to endear himself to the local butcher, his wife, and his son. I loved...

 Jude’s Mom makes and sells glass bongs. His dad left when he was nine. Teddy’s dad is long gone and his alcoholic Mom, Queen Bee, will soon be as well. Jude and Teddy listen to punk and spend their days in a small Vermont town getting high on various drugs and causing trouble. When a...

A pleasant enough story of a washed-up ad-man who suddenly, miraculously, can see the line from his golf ball to the hole. Amazing things ensue - he loses his job and his wife along the way, but qualifies for the Senior Tour. If you're looking for a quick read of the "break out of your rut...

“Much later, as he sat with his back against an inside wall of a Motel 6 just north of Phoenix, watching the pool of blood lap toward him, Driver would wonder whether he had made a terrible mistake.”

As first lines go, it doesn’t get much better than that. This book grabs you...