Espionage is not a new theme in the suspense genre by a long shot, but Joseph Finder puts a twist on the classic spy thriller in PARANOIA. Adam Cassidy, the bright but lazy protagonist, pulls a stunt one night that costs his telecommunications company millions --- instead of firing him, they offer him a deal: spy on the competition and hack into their undercover project or face serious time in prison.

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In his novel LET THE GREAT WORLD SPIN, Colum McCann claims that “one of the beauties of New York is that you can be from anywhere and within moments of landing, it is yours,” and he’s right. New York is my favorite city in the world. I came here for college two years ago (all the way from a small town outside San Francisco) and I never want to leave.

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Khaled Hosseini can do no wrong by me. I have eagerly devoured each of his novels, feeling completely satisfied (if not emotionally drained) at their conclusions. His latest work, AND THE MOUNTAINS ECHOED, surpassed all of my expectations and quickly moved up to become my favorite book of his works, and one of my favorite books of all time.

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