Boosadan’s next pick

Boosadan book club has picked Catriona Ward’s *Looking Glass Sound* as its next group read, according to a post on X that showed 188 views. (x.com) The post presented the novel as a choice for fiction readers and continued Boosadan’s run of online book selections. The announcement itself was made on X, where the club shared the pick directly with followers. (x.com) *Looking Glass Sound* was published by Tor Nightfire on August 8, 2023, and the publisher describes it as a novel about friendship, betrayal, obsession, and the boundary between reality and fiction. Macmillan lists Catriona Ward as the author, following her earlier novels *The Last House on Needless Street* and *Sundial*. (torpublishinggroup.com, us.macmillan.com) Publishers Weekly said the book opens in 1989 with teenager Wilder Harlow spending a summer on the Maine coast, where he meets Nat Pelletier and Harper. The trade review said Ward uses that setup to examine the blurred line between fiction and reality. (publishersweekly.com) The novel arrives to book club readers with a strong awards-and-list pedigree. Google Books and Bookclubs both describe it as a *USA Today* bestseller, a Vulture best book of 2023, an Esquire best horror book of 2023, and a 2023 World Fantasy Award finalist. (books.google.com, bookclubs.com) Reader response has been more mixed than the accolades suggest. Goodreads lists the book at 3.46 stars from more than 18,000 ratings, indicating a title that has drawn broad attention as well as divided reactions. (goodreads.com) That combination — a recognizable author, a recent release, and a plot built around memory and storytelling — makes the novel an easy fit for an online discussion group looking for a fiction pick with room for debate. For Boosadan, the next meeting now has its book. (x.com, publishersweekly.com)