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Books Read in March 2026

Happy Passover to my fellow celebrants!

My favorite read this month is not at all what I would have expected. I was really looking forward to Yerba Buena, by one of my favorite authors, Nina LaCour, and to reviewing The Magic Seeker by another one of my favs, Jane Buehler. And while I absolutely enjoyed those, it was My Friends that still has me thinking. Maybe I like literary fiction again?!

Books Read in March 2026

  1. The Magic Seeker by Jane Buehler (eARC book review)-The 6th book in the delightful cozy fantasy romance Sylvania series. See my review here
  2. Gold Coast Dilemma by Nana Malone-Picked up this literary romance for my birthday and so glad I finally read it. "Gold Coast" is misleading since it's set mostly in NYC but "Crazy Rich Ghanian-Americans" gives you a good idea and frankly it's the most realistic depiction of someone in the publishing business I've ever read since the protag, Ofos, is openly supported by her parents/trust fund and therefore I had to suspend no disbelief about her career.
  3. In Love: A Memoir of Love and Loss by Amy Bloom (Book club read)--A short memoir about accompanied suicide--the prose is spare and easy to read, not overly sentimental. I would never have chosen to read this, but it was interesting, though it mostly made me angry that more compassionate options aren't more readily available.
  4. My Friends by Hisham Matar (Other book club read)--Another book I would never have read on my own, but I ended up really appreciating. The book is supposedly about the narrator's friends, but it's really about the enforced absence of family, as, due to an event in his youth, he is stuck in exile in London for the rest of his life. It's a fascinating reflection on the nature of exile, particularly that of Arab writers in London. The author as well as the narrator is from Libya, and the novel, which spans the 1980s to the 2020s, is based on actual historical events during and after the Qaddafi regime. 
  5. Yerba Buena by Nina LaCour (yet another book club read)--I really loved her book We Are Okay and was excited to read her first adult novel. It was really not a book for this particular book club, but they were good sports about it!
  6. Steeped in Suspicion by Kirsten Marion (LibraryThing book review)--Cozy low-stakes fantasy mystery. 

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