Skip to main content
FOUND AT PHINNEY
New Random Find About
New Random Find About
Back to Newsletter Archive

Newsletter #104

August 29, 2016

Link

3 books featured in this issue

Cover of Katherine Carlyle

Katherine Carlyle

by Rupert Thomson

I had to read it three times to make sure: on page 21 of the novel that bears her name, Katherine Carlyle leans over the side of Rome's Ponte Mazzini and drops her phone into the Tiber. Her phone?! On... (Tom)

Cover of Lucy and Andy Neanderthal

Lucy and Andy Neanderthal

by Jeffrey Brown

MADE-UP

If, as researchers have recently estimated, most of us have a little Neanderthal in us, it might be the goofy sitcom gene. Or at least that's what you'd guess from the first book in the new series by... (Tom)

Cover of The Golden Age

The Golden Age

by Joan London

MADE-UP

A polio hospital for children in Western Australia in the 1950s might not seem the most promising territory for a story of heart-catching beauty, but that's exactly what London's third novel is. I hat... (Tom)

Swipe for Next
← Previous Issue
Next Issue →

Found at Phinney

An archive of book reviews from Phinney Books newsletter (2014-2025), from Phinney Books, an independent bookstore in Seattle's Phinney Ridge neighborhood since 2010.

About This Site Visit Phinney Books

Weekly Book Recommendations

Get curated book picks from Phinney Books and more bookish news delivered to your inbox. New issues usually arrive a couple of times per month.

All book reviews © Phinney Books. Site code licensed separately. This is an unofficial archive created with ❤️ for book lovers.