Before the Fall by Noah Hawley

  On a heavy foggy night, eleven people board a private plane headed back to New York. On the plane are a pilot, a co-pilot, and a flight attendant. The plane is chartered by David Bateman, a multimillionaire media mogul and his wife Maggie, a former preschool teacher. Along for the ride are their children … Continue reading →

The Sculptor by Scott McCloud

I don’t usually read a lot of graphic novels, but this book caught my eye the other day and I suppose it’s no coincidence that it did! “The Sculptor” by Scott McCloud is the emotion-filled story of one artist’s quest to find success, embrace a new love, and cope with the trials of grief and … Continue reading →

Before the Fall by Noah Hawley

The plane crash happens towards the beginning of Noah Hawley’s novel Before the Fall. The small private plane is headed from Martha’s Vineyard to New York City and most of the passengers can best be described as the super rich. The exception, along with the plane’s crew and a bodyguard, is Scott Burroughs, a struggling … Continue reading →

Office Girl by Joe Meno

Odile, one of the main characters in Chicago author JoeMeno’s new novel Office Girl, is the type of free-spirited, quirky, twenty-something female character people might be familiar with from movies such as Garden State, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, and 500 Days of Summer. As quirky if not quirkier than the female leads in … Continue reading →