Best for: Those who enjoy contemplative stories. In a nutshell: The main character of this book is a novelist whose name we never learn. She lives alone in a world where anything can disappear. But not for everyone. Worth quoting: The writing is the book is lovely, but I didn’t find myself underlining anything specific. Why I chose it: This was a birthday gift from friends. Review: I’m feeling a bit melancholy after reading this book, but I’m not sad, and I’m not disappointed that […]

An unnamed narrator lives on an unnamed island, alone since the deaths of her mother and father some years before. A novelist, her only friends are her editor and an old man who used to be her family’s handyman. When she isn’t writing, she spends most of her time ruminating on the curious nature of life on this island. At unpredictable intervals, things disappear from the island, even from each inhabitant’s memory. On the morning of a disappearance, they all wake up knowing that something […]