Matilda Empress is historical fiction at its best. Lisa Arin  illuminates the  history of the early English monarchs, while exploring what is at stake when a strong woman at the center of great upheaval refuses to play by the rules laid out for her. So Suzy Says.

A Couple Cooks – Pretty Simple Cooking: 100 Delicious Vegetarian Recipes to Make You Fall in Love with Real Food by Sonja Overhiser and Alex Overhiser is a fun and romantic cookbook.  Husband and wife foodies – bloggers and podcasters (www.acouplecooks.com) – have compiled 100 recipes  that emphasize whole foods and spending time in the kitchen together.  

In Far From the Tree: Parents, Children and the Search for Identity Andrew Solomon writes about families coping with deafness, dwarfism, Down syndrome, autism, schizophrenia, or multiple severe disabilities; with children who are prodigies, who are conceived in rape, who become criminals, who are transgender. An extraordinary book about extraordinary families. So Suzy Says.   

RBG.  about Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg who at 84 years young remains on the Supreme Court,  is an amazing documentary about an amazing woman. Now in theatres.  So Suzy Says.    

Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup  by John Carreyrou tells the story of Theranos’ rise as an innovative, tech darling through its unraveling when the science behind its premise was revealed as a fraud.  Riveting. So Suzy Says.