On the Calculation of Volume, I and II, by Solvej Balle

https://katemacdonald.net/2026/04/17/on-the-calculation-of-volume-i-and-ii-by-solvej-balle/

https://medium.com/the-writers-reach/the-conversation-that-already-happened-b65126012d33

After a hard conversation, characters notice different things. A woman who just learned her partner is leaving sees how scratched the kitchen table is, how the paint near the window has started to peel.

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Interview with Iva J. Rivers, Author of Claimed by the Rogue Shifter

Author interview for Claimed by the Rogue Shifter (A Paranormal Romance Series Book 1)…
https://www.newinbooks.com/interview-with-iva-j-rivers-author-of-claimed-by-the-rogue-shifter/

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Interview with Sandra Boyle, Author of The Forgetting Season

Author interview for The Forgetting Season…
https://www.newinbooks.com/interview-with-sandra-boyle-author-of-the-forgetting-season/

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Finished #reading Whitaker's bit too long #thriller, #crime novel. Still, it is a fast read with short chapters and sparse text. There's a lot going on with the two main characters and everyone around them but mostly there is #trauma, obsession, marginalization, secrets and a relentlessness that brings out the worst and best in people. It's a good read.

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10 Books Under 500 Pages That Actually Deliver

https://findsbydavidblog.wordpress.com/2026/04/14/10-books-under-500-pages-that-actually-deliver/

New Books to Read in Literary Fiction | April 14

Literary fiction readers are in for a treat. This week’s latest releases list is full of intriguing reads you won’t want to miss! The new releases list includes so many bestselling authors like Sandra Boyle, Iva J. Rivers, Ariel Sullivan, Claire Kingsley, Tana French, and more. Enjoy your new literary fiction books. Happy reading!
https://www.newinbooks.com/new-books-to-read-in-literary-fiction-april-14-2/

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Book Review: Beautyland by Marie-Helene Bertino

Author: Marie-Helene Bertino
Title: Beautyland
Narrator: Andi Arndt
Publication Info: Dreamscape, 2024
Summary/Review:
At the same time as the Voyager I launch in 1977, Adina is born to a working-class single mother in Philadelphia. Adina is different from other children in that she’s actually an alien. She lives the life of a human reporting what she learns to the others on her home planet through a fax machine. Stretching from the 1970s to close to the present day, Beautyland is the story of Adina’s life through all the struggles and joys an ordinary human might experience.  It’s beautifully written with Adina’s observations on the mundane and the profound both fascinating.  This book works if it’s a science fiction story about an actual alien or if it’s a metaphor for a human’s isolation and alienation from others.

Recommended books:

• Light From Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki

Rating: ****

“You actually skipped the lie… that last bit. ‘Love you.’ That was the lie.”

Episode 7 is about the moment when truth becomes a weapon, when two people finally say the things they’ve been avoiding for years.
If you’ve been following Doug and Charlotte, this is the chapter where everything tilts.

https://betweencorners.substack.com/p/someone-who-loves-me?r=6v3six

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