The Review Broads Bros + Paws

US Author: David Nicholls   Douglas Petersen, the narrator of Us, allows that he adores his wife, Connie.  He simply cannot help it.  Douglas is circumspect and brainy, laid back and not so with it, while Connie is stylish, beautiful, and chic and a wonderful mother.  Albie, their son, now seventeen and sneer driven, goes off to college next year.  In celebration, Connie has planned a month long trip to Europe for the family send off. So Douglas falls off his chair when Connie ... continue reading...

Attractive Unattractive Americans – How the World Sees America Author: Rene Zografos   Rene Zografos is an award winning Norwegian-Greek author of eight books and he is a veteran journalist.  As Rene travels throughout the world, he seeks answers to how other people in other countries see “America” and “Americans.”  I haven’t read a book like this since “The Ugly American” published in 1958 and written by Eugene Burdick and William J. Lederer. From Mexico-born ‘Dog Whisperer’ Cesar ... continue reading...

Pretty Is Author: Maggie Mitchell “Mitchell is on her way to a place at the femmes fatales fiction dais with Megan Abbott,…” Library Journal In the same tradition as Megan Abbott (Dare Me) and the earlier Kate Atkinson novels, Mitchell writes about two young lost girls.  With Ms. Mitchell, however, there is a difference.  Mitchell’s lost girls face their demons and find themselves in her debut novel, Pretty Is, while Abbott and Atkinson rely more on psychological tension to keep their ... continue reading...