Alina is a young woman, a teacher, in the 1970s, living in the Socialist Republic of Romania, under a restrictive Communist regime. She and her husband, Liviu are generally happy and in love but when Liviu's brother defects, both of them fall under suspicion and her increasingly threatened with surveillance and interrogation. As the stress… Continue reading Book Review: Bottled Goods by Sophie van Llewyn
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Book Review: I Am Homeless if This is Not My Home by Lorrie Moore
I received an advanced e-copy of this book thanks to the publisher and to NetGalley. All opinions are my own. This is such a weird book. I often like weird in my books and I'm often okay with a meandering, non-linear plot but I'm not sure who the audience is for a book like this.… Continue reading Book Review: I Am Homeless if This is Not My Home by Lorrie Moore
What I Read – August 2023
Read: Eagle & Crane - Suzanne Rindell (G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2018) Tom Lake - Ann Patchett (Harper Collins, 2023) The Tiger's Wife - Tea Obreht (Random House, 2011) Night Theater - Vikram Paralkar (Catapult, 2020) Bottled Goods - Sophie van Llewyn (Harper Perennial, 2020) Did Not Finish: Cursed Bread - Sophie Mackintosh Sun House -… Continue reading What I Read – August 2023
(Point Form) Book Review: The Sleeping Car Porter by Suzette Mayr
Point Form Book Reviews are my way of catching up on book reviews where maybe too much time has passed or I don't have a whole lot to say about a book but still want to share some thoughts. I actually don't have a lot of thoughts about this book. It wont the Giller Prize… Continue reading (Point Form) Book Review: The Sleeping Car Porter by Suzette Mayr
What I Read – July 2023
Read: I am Homeless if This is Not My Home - Lorrie Moore (Bond Street Books, 2023) The Whole Animal - Corinna Chong (Arsenal Pulp Press, 2023) The Parables of Grace - Robert Farrar Capon (Wiliam B. Eerdman's Publishing Company, 1990) Bad Cree - Jessica Johns (Harper Collins, 2023) Travels with my Aunt - Graham… Continue reading What I Read – July 2023
Book Review: The Mythmakers by Keziah Weir
I read an Advance Readers Copy of this book. All opinions are my own. On sale now. Sal's life is not going great. Her relationships has probably ended. The magazine article she took a big risk on writing and was hoping would catapult her career forward has failed spectacularly. So it isn't all that surprising… Continue reading Book Review: The Mythmakers by Keziah Weir
(Audio) Book Review: The Friend by Sigrid Nunez
This weird little novel is a letter of sorts to friendship, grief, and dogs. The narrator is an unnamed woman (most of the characters are unnamed, except the dog) who has recently lost her longtime friend and mentor to suicide. They were both writers, him perhaps the more successful, or at the least the more… Continue reading (Audio) Book Review: The Friend by Sigrid Nunez
Book Review: Yellowface by R.F. Kuang
Yellowface is a messy woman/disaster story in the best possible way. It's the sort of book that will have you inwardly yelling at the protagonist about her bad choices but you don't want to stop reading because you just have to find out how it all ends. June Hayward is an author of small success.… Continue reading Book Review: Yellowface by R.F. Kuang
Book Review: The Certainties by Aislinn Hunter
The Certainties - Aislinn Hunter (Knopf Canada, 2020) The Certainties is exactly the kind of dreamy, poetic novel that I find it so easy to fall in love with. It's a style of writing that I adore but I also know that it isn't for every reader. This novel reminded me of others I loved… Continue reading Book Review: The Certainties by Aislinn Hunter
Book Review: Life and Other Love Songs by Anissa Gray
I received an Advance Readers' Copy of this book. All opinions are my own. It is on sale now. This family story follows several characters over the course of decades, primarily in the city of Detroit. Orzo Armstead never arrives home on the day of his 37th birthday. He had lunch with his brother, left… Continue reading Book Review: Life and Other Love Songs by Anissa Gray
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