the paris apartment, by lucy foley (this was a great beach read in the thriller/mystery genre - not normally one i gravitate towards, but this book got a lot of press and was quite popular, so i gave it a try. if you like this genre, i'd definitely recommend it! and it got swooped up quickly when i put it out in my little free library after finishing it. but this didn't change my life and wasn't a book that i was rushing home to read.)
the people we keep, by allison larkin (i finished this two months ago and am struggling to remember what it was about, so that tells you what you need to know: i liked this book, but it was pretty forgettable. or maybe the title is all wrong? a google search has reminded me of the main plot points, and i'm remembering now that i enjoyed this book but got frustrated with some of the main character's choices. don't repeat the same mistakes again, character! this was a decent book that i definitely read and enjoyed, but i won't be rushing out to recommend it to you.)
i have some questions for you, by rebecca makkai (okay, i really liked this book, which i read a large portion of when on vacation - my favorite way to read (my least favorite, and more typical way to read is in 10 minute spurts before i fall asleep). this is set on a boarding school campus both in the past (main character is a student and one of her classmates dies mysteriously) and in the present (main character has come back to teach at the school and is revisiting the murder). with one exception, the author really nailed what it's like to be on a private school campus, which is hard to do without hitting cliches. i found out after finishing the book that her husband teaches at a private boarding school and she lives on the campus, so that makes sense. i really enjoyed this book, and would highly recommend it to you - flipping between past and present really worked to build suspense and the plot line was interesting and the characters believable. i liked her previous book, the great believers, and think this more recent one is even better!)
