Cory Oldweiler Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

Cory Oldweiler

My latest for @StribBooks on Jennifer Close’s lovingly lived-in MARRYING THE KETCHUPS, about a restaurant-owning family in Chicago. I’ve worked in a lot of restaurants, including 10+ yrs slinging drinks in a family-owned place. This novel is a delight.

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I’m thankful to @BGlobeBooks for the chance to review Lydia Millet’s “Dinosaurs,” a creative and thoughtful look at humanity’s shortcomings, toward each other and our environment, that highlights the limits of what we can accomplish alone.

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Fans of Jess Walter's novel "Beautiful Ruins" will likely be thrilled by the titular story of his new collection ... It's the longest story in the collection, but you will wish it was even longer — these characters are as enjoyable as any Walter has created.

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[This] is the best type of historical fiction — electrifying, edifying and set in an utterly enthralling place and time that you would probably rather not experience firsthand, in this case the unforgiving expanse of Scandinavia north of the Arctic Circle in the early 1850s.

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A real thrill to review Jaroslav Kalfař’s A BRIEF HISTORY OF LIVING FOREVER for @BookWorld. So very thankful to @stephmerry for giving me the opportunity to write for WaPo the past year, and to @nthjohnwilliams for keeping this holdover on the schedule. https://t.co/hOIRScGOwZ

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Congrats to the translators and authors named to the International Booker long list. Look forward to catching up to those I haven’t read. Last year I did write about Angela Rodel’s translation of TIME SHELTER, by Georgi Gospodinov, for @LAReviewofBooks: https://t.co/dMUB7W2jDb

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​​Preservation of the twist comes at the expense of the narrative… But if you like your fiction full of oddities and don’t overthink every narrative decision, go ahead and toss The Boys in your beach bag.

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A gentle yet deeply affecting novel about a taciturn man who overcomes abuse and loss early in life to stumble into transitory contentment — if not quite true happiness — as an adult ... Fascinating and unexpected.

Cory Oldweiler

One of my favorite books I read this year is Johanna Lykke Holm’s gently fantastical fable STREGA. The English translation by Saskia Vogel is a lyrical, entrancing masterpiece that completely swept me away. Thanks to @StribBooks for letting me gush. https://t.co/IrnjxWG2Pt

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And I reviewed Russell Banks’s ambitious new novel THE MAGIC KINGDOM, which due to shifting pub date whimsey and logistical twists of whatnot, is also running this week @StribBooks: https://t.co/c9vK3VLxnD