Through a wide variety of voices, Natalie Haynes retells the story of the Trojan War, focusing on the many women who were involved. We hear from Penelope, Clytemnestra, Aphrodite, and even the muse Calliope. Much of what we see is what takes place after the fall of Troy - there is a focus on the… Continue reading (Audio) Book Review: A Thousand Ships by Natalie Haynes
Tag: Karissa Reads Books 2023
Reading with Pearl & Rose: Cats at Sea by Lisa Martin and Valerie Martin
Anton and Cecil are close brothers, always watching out for each other, but they are as different as can be. Anton loves music and late nights. He's small and doesn't care much for hunting. Cecil is big and adventurous, longing to see new things, always up for something new. Oh, and they're cats. I picked… Continue reading Reading with Pearl & Rose: Cats at Sea by Lisa Martin and Valerie Martin
Book Review: Memphis by Tara M. Stringfellow
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
Book Review: Blue Hour by Tiffany Clarke Harrison
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
Book Review: La Guerre, Yes Sir! by Roch Carrier
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
(Audio) Book Review: The Female Persuasion by Meg Wolitzer
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
Book Review: The Bandit Queens by Parini Shroff
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
Book Review: Brutes by Dizz Tate
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
Book Review: We Should Not Be Afraid of the Sky by Emma Hooper
We Should Not Be Afraid of the Sky - Emma Hooper (Penguin, 2022) A wealthy woman gives birth to 9 identical baby girls. Horrified by the act of giving birth to essentially a litter, she tells her servant woman to take the infants to the river. While two of the babies have died already, the… Continue reading Book Review: We Should Not Be Afraid of the Sky by Emma Hooper
(Audio) Book Review: A Woman is No Man by Etaf Rum
In 1990, Isra is a teenage girl living in Palestine. She's quiet and bookish, an obedient daughter to parents who see her as more of a burden than her brothers simply because she is a girl. Isra is quickly married off to Adam, who is older than her and lives in Brooklyn with his parents,… Continue reading (Audio) Book Review: A Woman is No Man by Etaf Rum
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