Mariner Books – Confessions of a Bibliophile

2018: #1 – The Queen of the Night (Alexander Chee)

August 3, 2018August 3, 2018 0 Comment

The Queen of the Night is the story of Lilliet Berne, a woman who went from being an orphan in the American Midwest to one of the most famous opera singers in France during the Second Empire (mid- to late-1800s). Very few know her whole story, and when someone threatens her with revealing her secrets, she does all she can to find who they are.

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2017: #15 – The Wangs vs. The World (Jade Chang)

April 13, 2018 1 Comment

At the heart of The Wangs vs The World is a desperate man. Charles Wang has lost everything, and now he has to tell his family about it. His family — daughters Saina and Grace and son Andrew — has never known a life where they weren’t ridiculously rich. What follows is Charles, his wife Barbra, Grace, and Andrew traveling across the country to stay with