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Review: Thin Girls by Diana Clarke
Thin Girls by Diana Clarke deals with some heavy, important subjects all at once: eating disorders, body image issues/body dysmorphia [...]
Aug 10, 20204 min read
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Review: The Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi Vo
The Empress of Salt and Fortune is a tiny book that packs a big punch. Chih the cleric (they/them) and Almost Brilliant (a hoopoe bird) ...
May 31, 20201 min read
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Review: Look How Happy I'm Making You by Polly Rosenwaike
Look How Happy I'm Making You by Polly Rosenwaike features stories about women who want to be mothers, who reluctantly come into...
May 15, 20192 min read
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Review: Star-Touched Stories by Roshani Chokshi
I'm honored to be part of the St. Martin's Press Star-Touched Stories Blog Tour, to celebrate Roshani Chokshi's newest addition to the...
Aug 7, 20183 min read
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Book Review: Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
I feel rather ambivalent about my reading of Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng. Having read, and enjoyed, Ng’s debut novel Everything...
Jun 1, 20186 min read
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Book Review: Ghachar Ghochar by Vivek Shanbhag
Ghachar Ghochar by Vivek Shanbhag is a short read that packs a punch. At once dealing with issues of class and feminism, there are many...
May 29, 20182 min read
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Review: Chemistry by Weike Wang
What do I really want? That's the question that the unnamed narrator of Chemistry by Weike Wang sets out to answer after she has a...
Apr 1, 20182 min read
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Review: Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward
Sing, Unburied, Sing is Jesmyn Ward's senior novel. While I've had her Hurricane Katrina-related Salvage the Bones on my to-read list for...
Jan 2, 20184 min read
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Reflecting on 2017's Best Reads
Happy 2018, dear readers! As many of you might have done, or may be doing, I am reflecting on my favorite reads of 2017: Burial Rites...
Jan 1, 20183 min read
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Review: Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys
“Have you ever wondered what a human life is worth? That morning, my brother's was worth a pocket watch.” There are some books that...
Nov 27, 20173 min read
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Review: Sula by Toni Morrison
Toni Morrison, born Chloe Anthony Wofford, has written over a dozen different fiction novels and over a half-dozen non-fiction novels in...
Dec 13, 201613 min read
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Review: Main Street by Sinclair Lewis
It was a plodding journey at times, but I made it through the entirety of Main Street by Sinclair Lewis. While this was a required text...
Oct 27, 20166 min read
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Review: When the Moon is Low by Nadia Hashimi
With a compelling narrative and realistic characters, Nadia Hashimi brings the harrowing experiences of refugees to life in the pages of...
Jul 14, 20164 min read
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Review & Giveaway: All the Time in the World by Caroline Angell
“Family is family. Whether it’s the one you start out with… the one that you end up with… or the family that you gain along the way.” -...
Jul 8, 20164 min read
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Review: A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
A Court of Thorns and Roses, the new series from best-selling author, Sarah J. Maas, takes the familiar tale of Beauty and the Beast to a...
Jun 30, 20165 min read
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Review: I'm Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reid
I’m thinking of ending things. It's likely most of us have been in a relationship where we’ve had this exact thought. Maybe things...
May 25, 20164 min read
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Review: The Girls in the Garden by Lisa Jewell
After a garden party one hazy summer evening, where her mother had one glass of one too many, a girl goes looking for her older sister....
May 20, 20164 min read
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Review: With Malice by Eileen Cook
When Jill Charron opens her eyes, she finds herself in a hospital bed, fresh from unconsciousness. She is told that she was involved in a...
May 7, 20163 min read
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Review: Frayed by Kara Terzis
Frustrated. Irritated. Incredulous. These are the three words that come to mind as I write a review for Frayed by Kara Terzis. It has...
May 3, 20164 min read
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Review: The Light of the Fireflies by Paul Pen
A baby boy is born in the darkness of a basement. As he grows up, he learns that there was a horrific fire that left his grandmother,...
Apr 8, 20163 min read
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