Nightbitch by Rachel Yoder (Format used for this read: Audiobook) I read this book for the first time 3 years ago and absolutely LOVED IT. When someone in my book club picked this as our monthly read this month, I was kinda JAZZED to dig into it again, remembering how weird and wonderful it was.…
Cutting Teeth by Chandler Baker At the Little Academy, mothers fret over their preschoolers, who have developed an unsettling medical syndrome. The children’s odd craving for blood is considered relatively benign (to everyone except their beleaguered moms) until a young teacher is found dead and the only potential witnesses are ten adorable 4-year-olds. Then it…
Mean Baby: A Memoir of Growing Up by Selma Blair The first story Selma Blair Beitner ever heard about herself is that she was a mean, mean baby. With her mouth pulled in a perpetual snarl and a head so furry it had to be rubbed to make way for her forehead, Selma spent years…
The School For Good Mothers by Jessamine Chan (Format used for this read: Audiobook) Frida Liu is struggling. She doesn’t have a career worthy of her Chinese immigrant parents’ sacrifices. She can’t persuade her husband, Gust, to give up his wellness-obsessed younger mistress. Only with Harriet, their cherubic daughter, does Frida finally attain the perfection…
Nightbitch by Rachel Yoder Did that title make you stop in your tracks just a little bit?? It absolutely should. Not because of the name though…that will make TOTAL and COMPLETE sense once you read what it’s about. It should stop you in your tracks BECAUSE THIS BOOK IS ASTOUNDING, yall. It will GRAB YOU…