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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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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: 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: The Star-Touched Queen by Roshani Chokshi
From the mortal world to the Otherworld, Roshani Chokshi's The Star-Touched Queen will take you on a magical adventure, full of exquisite...
Apr 2, 20163 min read
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Review: The Darkest Corners by Kara Thomas
As an ardent fan of murder mysteries, harboring an obsession for true crime TV shows (Snapped, Forensic Files, The First 48, etc.), I was...
Mar 19, 20164 min read
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Review: A Fierce and Subtle Poison by Samantha Mabry
Lucas is a seventeen-year-old gringo from Houston, who spends his summers in Puerto Rico with his father, a big-shot developer of...
Mar 16, 20163 min read
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Review: A Small Indiscretion by Jan Ellison
A small indiscretion. Is there really such a thing? From the synopsis: “At nineteen, Annie Black trades a bleak future in a washed-out...
Mar 11, 20164 min read
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Review: Burning by Danielle Rollins
Angela Davis has been an inmate at Brunesfield, a juvenile detention facility, for three years. She’s a tough cookie who has led a hard...
Mar 5, 20163 min read
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Review: Dreaming of Antigone by Robin Bridges
Dreaming of Antigone is the story of Andria, the girl who dresses all in black; the girl who has a scary illness; the girl whose...
Mar 2, 20164 min read
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Review: The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
After a very long time, I read a book that I finished in less than 24 hours. That is how engaging The Girl on the Train was. The...
Feb 28, 20163 min read
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