Sample Saturday is when I wade through the eleventy billion samples I have downloaded on my Kindle. I’m slowly chipping away and deciding whether it’s buy or bye. This week, all three came via Print Mag’s 2024 100 Best Book Covers article.
Birding by Rose Ruane
Summary: In a small seaside town, two women pass each other on the promenade, as yet unaware of each other’s existence. But as they both try to untangle the damaging details of their past in the hope of a better future, their lives are set on an collision course.
I’m thinking: Yes.
Dear Dickhead by Virginie Despentes
Summary: The story of Rebecca and Oscar, as they develop an unlikely friendship and argue over questions of right and wrong in a city – Paris – where pleasure, excess, and freedom rule the day, or used to (a Dangerous Liaisons for our time).
I’m thinking: Yes.
Perfume and Pain by Anna Dorn
Summary: A controversial, ‘lightly canceled’ Los Angeles author attempts to revive her career and finally find true love via a Zoom writer’s group.
I’m thinking: Yes.