I received an Advance Reader Copy of this book thanks to 8th Note Press and NetGalley. All opinions are my own. Azaan hasn't been back to his northern California hometown for many years. Not since he was caught kissing Madison, a white girl, by his father, the local imam. Azaan's family believes he's spent the… Continue reading Book Review: The Last Man in Paradise by Syed M. Masood
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Book Review: The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley
I heard a lot of mixed reviews for this one before I decided to pick it up and see for myself. Fair warning: this review will also be mixed. Our never-named narrator receives a position in a secretive branch of the UK government. Her new job is to be a "bridge". A bridge is a… Continue reading Book Review: The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley
Book Review: At a Loss for Words by Carol Off
At a Loss for Words - Carol Off (Random House Canada, 2024) Carol Off is a widely respected Canadian journalist, the longtime host of CBC’s As It Happens. As such, and because I have read a book by Off before, I felt confident this book would be illuminating and fair and it did not disappoint.… Continue reading Book Review: At a Loss for Words by Carol Off
Book Review: Abigail by Magda Szabo
Abigail - Magda Szabo (New York Review Books, 2020) This book was translated from the Hungarian by Len Rix. I think we can all be guilty sometimes of assuming that people who lived a long time ago (and by extension, books written by and about people who lived a long time ago), aren't going to… Continue reading Book Review: Abigail by Magda Szabo
Book Review: One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad
One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This - Omar El Akkad (McClelland & Stewart, 2025) I received an Advance Reader's Copy of this book. All opinions are my own. Pub date: February 25, 2025 No, there is no terrible thing coming for you in some distant future, but know that a terrible thing… Continue reading Book Review: One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad
(Audio) Book Review: North Woods by Daniel Mason
North Woods - Daniel Mason (Books on Tape, 2023) Having read Daniel Mason's short story collection some years ago (review here), I wasn't sure whether or not I wanted to read a full novel from him. I enjoyed the stories but I actually ended that review saying I wasn't sure whether or not his style… Continue reading (Audio) Book Review: North Woods by Daniel Mason
Book Review: Sing To It by Amy Hempel
Sing To It - Amy Hempel (Scribner, 2019) This collection of short stories by Amy Hempel is short and melodic and the best way I can describe it is that many of the stories feel more like poems. Many are very short - the book is only 149 pages long but has 15 stories within… Continue reading Book Review: Sing To It by Amy Hempel
What I Read: January 2025
Read: One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This - Omar El Akkad (McClelland & Stewart, 2025) Writers & Lovers - Lily King (Harper Collins Publishers Ltd, 2020) Your House Will Pay - Steph Cha (Ecco, 2019) Lucy - Jamaica Kincaid (Plume, 191) The Gulag Archipelago, Vol 1 - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (Harper Collins Audio,… Continue reading What I Read: January 2025
Book Review: On Screen & Off Again by Caitlin Cross
I received an Advance Readers Copy of this book. All opinions are my own. Publication date: February 4, 2025 An email asking if I would be interested in reviewing this book landed in my inbox at the beginning of December. Normally, romance books aren't something I read much of and a new publishing imprint from… Continue reading Book Review: On Screen & Off Again by Caitlin Cross
(Audio) Book Review: Shark Heart by Emily Habeck
Shark Heart: A Love Story - Emily Habeck (Simon & Schuster Audio, 2023) "It's about a man who turns into a shark," I told my family when they asked what I was listening to. "I think it's a metaphor." I still think it's a metaphor but I'm not entirely sure for what. Domestic violence, I… Continue reading (Audio) Book Review: Shark Heart by Emily Habeck
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