2017 Reviews
Enjoy these reviews written by Watermark Staff.
December 2017
Some Were Paupers, Some Were Kings by Mark E. McCormick, review by Sarah Bagby
Fire Sermon by Jamie Quatro, review by Bruce Jacobs
November 2017
Green by Sam Graham-Felsen, review by Bruce Jacobs
The Secret Grave by Lois Ruby and Penelope March is Melting by Jeff Ruby, review by Melissa Fox
One Station Away by Olaf Olafsson, reivew by Bruce Jacobs
October 2017
You Must Change Your Life by Rachel Corbett, review by Sarah Bagby
Catalina by Liska Jacobs, review by Bruce Jacobs
Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward and The Rules of Magic by Alice Hoffman, review by Sarah Bagby
Liner Notes by Loudon Wainwright III, review by Bruce Jacobs
Manhattan Beach by Jennifer Egan, review by Sarah Bagby
Chasing Phil by David Howard, review by Bruce Jacobs
September 2017
Wild Hourse Country by David Philipps, review by Bruce Jacobs
The Heart's Invisible Furies by John Boyne, review by Sarah Bagby
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman, review by Shelly Walston
The Locals by Jonathan Dee, review by Sarah Bagby
August 2017
The Man from the Train by Bill James and Rachel McCarthy James, review by Bruce Jacobs
The Girl in the Tower by Katherine Arden, review by Shelly Walston
Mask of Shadows by Linsey Miller, review by Melissa Fox
Lucky Boy by Shanthi Sekaran, review by Sarah Bagby
Forest Dark by Nicole Krauss, review by Bruce Jacobs
Fantasyland by Kurt Andersen, review by Bruce Jacobs
July 2017
The Late Show by Michael Connelly, review by Sarah Bagby
Sargent's Women by Donna M. Lucey, review by Bruce Jacobs
Darkansas by Jarret Middleton, reivew by Bruce Jacobs
The Bettencourt Affair by Tom Sancton, review by Bruce Jacobs
The Force by Don Winslow, review by Sarah Bagby
Life in Code by Ellen Ullman, review by Bruce Jacobs
June 2017
The Answers by Catherine Lacey, review by Sarah Bagby
Wolf on a String by Benjamin Black, review by Todd Robins
Brave Deeds by David Abrams, review by Bruce Jacobs
Radical Hope by Carolina de Robertis, review by Sarah Bagby
I'm Just Not Good at Rhyming by Chris Harris, review by Melissa Fox
Impossible Views of the World by Lucy Ives, review by Bruce Jacobs
The Sagrada Familia by Gijs van Hensbergen, review by Bruce Jacobs
Caesar's Last Breath by Sam Kean, review by Bruce Jacobs
I Hate Everyone But You by Gaby Dunn and Allison Raskin, review by Shelly Walston
The Trick by Emanuel Bergmann, review by Shelly Walston
May 2017
Young Jane Young by Gabrielle Zevin, review by Shelly Walston
A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J. Maas, review by Shelly Walston
The Shape of Ideas by Grant Snider, review by Sarah Bagby
Eggshells by Caitriona Lally, review by Shirley Wells
Kingodm Cons by Yuri Herrera, review by Bruce Jacobs
The Assitants by Camille Perri, review by Shelly Walston
April 2017
Spoils by Brian Van Reet, review by Sarah Bagby
Nobody Is Ever Missing by Catherine Lacey, review by Bruce Jacobs
You Belong to Me by Colin Harrison, review by Bruce Jacobs
Mindset: The New Psycology of Success by Carol S. Dweck, review by Shelly Walston
White Fur by Jardine Libaire, review by Bruce Jacobs
Border Cantos by Richard Misrach, review by Sarah Bagby
There Your Heart Lies by Mary Gordon, review by Bruce Jacobs
Words in Deep Blue by Cath Crowley, review by Shelly Walston
March 2017
Oola by Brittany Newell, review by Bruce Jacobs
Startup by Doree Shafrir, review by Bruce Jacobs
Radiant Child and Niko Draws a Feeling, review by Sarah Bagby
Spoils by Brian Van Reet, review by Bruce Jacobs
A Conjuring of Light by VE Schwab, review by Shelly Walston
Exit West by Mohsin Hamid, review by Sarah Bagby
February 2017
4 3 2 1 by Paul Auster, review by Bruce Jacobs
Underground Airlines by Ben H. Winter, review by Sarah Bagby
City of Saints & Thieves by Natalie C. Anderson, review by Melissa Fox
The Idiot by Elif Batuman, review by Bruce Jacobs
The Playbook by Kwame Alexander, review by Sarah Bagby
Dust Bowl Girls by Lydia Reeder, review by Shirley Wells
The Hearts of Men by Nickolas Butler, review by Bruce Jacobs
Touch by Courtney Maum, review by Shelly Walston
January 2017
The Barrowfields by Phillip Lewis, review by Bruce Jacobs
Victoria by Daisy Goodwin, review by Sarah Bagby
Unwarranted: Policing without Permission by Barry Friedman, review by Bruce Jacobs
Once We Were Sisters by Sheila Kohler, review by Sarah Bagby
Himself by Jess Kidd, review by Kris Stephens
The Rules Do Not Apply by Ariel Levy, review by Shelly Walston
The White City by Karolina Ramqvist, review by Bruce Jacobs
Autumn by Ali Smith, review by Bruce Jacobs
The Battle Hymn of the Tiger Teachers edited by Katherine Birbalsingh, review by Shelly Walston
Best of 2016 Reads, reviews by Sarah Bagby