Carly's Little Library
Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert (2019)
The Other Mother by Carol Goodman (2018)
The Widow of Rose House by Diana Biller (2019)
Don't You Forget About Me by Mhairi McFarlane (2019)
Someone Who Will Love You In All Your Damaged Glory by Raphael Ben-Waksberg (2019)
I would like to recommend this book to you, friends. Someone Who Will Love You in All Your Damaged Glory by Raphael Bob-Waksberg.
This collection of stories about relationships is absurd and hilarious and live up to their titles. Some of the short stories in this collection include: Missed Connection-M4W, The Serial Monogamist's Guide to Important New York City Landmarks, Lunch with the Person Who Dumped You, and Rufus, which is about a relationship from the point of the dog. And of course, You Want to Know What Plays Are Like. DON'T MISS.
One in a Million by Lindsey Kelk (2018)
Read Bottom Up by Neel Shah and Skye Chatham (2015)
Lovely, unique novel written in email and text from the perspective of two characters meeting and falling in love. And then struggling in the relationship.
Shah wrote Elliot's perspective and Chatham wrote Madeleine's as well as their conversations with their best friends. This lends the novel a unique authenticity and reality.
Charming and very relatable. Unfortunately, the only book written by these two together. :(
Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty (2018)
Every time Liane Moriarty comes up, I feel a little glow of having 'discovered' her with her first novel Three Wishes (2004!) Every single novel since then has been a treat.
Rich characterizations and complex relationships in unique situations are Moriarty's stock in trade. This novel is no different and has a particularly unique setting. Nine strangers meet at a health resort. Secrets unfold. Unexpected things happen. AND there's a kickass, menopausal, romance writer heroine called Frances.
Endearing, absorbing, and so readable.
Going Into Town by Roz Chast (2017)
I adore Roz Chast and I love her New York. She created this guide for her daughter and expanded it into a quirky, funny, affectionate graphic memoir. I absolutely agree with her and her statement of how she "really likes density of visual information" and it's one of the reasons I love NYC.
Also, this:
“I feel about Manhattan the way I feel about a book, a TV series, a movie, a play, an artist, a song, a food, a whatever that I love. I want to tell you about it so that maybe you will love it, too. I'm not worried about it being 'ruined' by too many people 'discovering' it. Manhattan's been ruined since 1626 , when Peter Minuit bought it from Native Americans for $24.00.”See also Chast's Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant?