Memphis - Tara M. Stringfellow (The Dial Press, 2022) In 1995, Joan, her mother Miriam, and her younger sister Mya flee her father's violent temper and return to their family home in Memphis. They move back into the house that Miriam's father built, the house she grew up, and where Joan's aunt August still lives.… Continue reading Book Review: Memphis by Tara M. Stringfellow
READ: We Should Not Be Afraid of the Sky - Emma Hooper (Penguin, 2022) How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents - Julia Alvarez (Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 1991) A Thousand Ships - Natalie Haynes (Harper Audio, 2021) The Bandit Queens - Parini Shroff (Ballantine Books, 2023) La Guerre, Yes Sir! - Roch Carrier… Continue reading What I Read – March 2023
Blue Hour - Tiffany Clarke Harrison (Soft Skull Press, 2023) I received an Advance Reading Copy of this book. All opinions are my own. Publication date is April 4, 2023 A narrator - a woman whose name we keep being just on the verge of learning - is a talented photographer, an instructor, a wife.… Continue reading Book Review: Blue Hour by Tiffany Clarke Harrison
La Guerre, Yes Sir! - Roch Carrier (House of Anansi, 1970) I’ve said it before and I guess I’m saying again, French Canadian fiction is its own entire genre. And it’s not one I really get or can appreciate. I thought I might be on easier footing here because I’ve heard of this book and… Continue reading Book Review: La Guerre, Yes Sir! by Roch Carrier
Back in 2017, our family took a Spring Break road trip down to the Oregon Coast. (You can read about it here.) The trip was a blast and we talk about it quite a bit. The only problem was that, at the time, Pearl had just turned two and Rose was about the size of… Continue reading Spring Break 2023: Oregon Coast
We meet Greer Kadetsky in her first year at Ryland College. She was supposed to be at Yale but due to a financial mix-up (and possibly her parents' ineptitude) has settled for what she views as a second-tier school. Greer is smart and quiet, ambitious but unsure of her future. After a traumatic run-in with… Continue reading (Audio) Book Review: The Female Persuasion by Meg Wolitzer
The sun is shining, flowers are blooming, the days are getting longer. Spring is officially here and we’re on spring break! It’s still March so we definitely have some cold, rainy days ahead of us but it’s lovely to see the light after 5pm. As I said, it’s spring break around here but before I… Continue reading 2023 Highlights: Farewell Winter
The Bandit Queens - Parini Shroff (Ballantine Books, 2023) Ever since her husband disappeared five years ago, Geeta has been an outcast in her village. Popular opinion says she killed Ramesh but the truth is, Geeta has no idea where he is and she’s happy to never see him again. Geeta sticks to herself, making… Continue reading Book Review: The Bandit Queens by Parini Shroff
Point Form book reviews are my way off catching up on book reviews. They might be books I read awhile ago and still want to review or they might be books that I want to share but don't necessarily feel I have tons to say about. I wasn't going to review Rebecca but then in… Continue reading (Point Form) (Audio) Book Review: Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
Brutes - Dizz Tate (Catapult, 2023) I received an Advance Reading Copy of this book. All opinions are my own. Pub date was February 7, 2023. As readers, we all have certain tropes that we enjoy, that maybe we have a soft spot for, even if we've never fully thought about it. One of mine,… Continue reading Book Review: Brutes by Dizz Tate
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