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The Falconer by Dana Czapnik

February 4, 2019

falconer

On page two of The Falconer, when Lucy Adler says I met that basketball for the first time only thirty minutes ago but I already know I love it unconditionally, and that it loves me back in a way that no carbon-based life-form ever will. you need ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: Atria Books, coming-of-age, debut, literary, New York City, teen years

January Reading Wrap-Up

February 1, 2019

january

I feel as if "wrap-up" is the appropriate word both for my January reading and for everyone who is shivering in the Midwest and Northeast. I'm happily ensconced in Seattle with 40 degrees and sunshine, but cringe looking at the weather station, ... Read More...

7 Comments
Filed Under: Book Reviews, Feature Tagged: historical fiction, mini-reviews

Radiant Shimmering Light

January 30, 2019

radiant

Lilian is trying to live her best life, but utilizing her ability to see animals’ auras while painting pet portraits is not working out. She can’t even earn enough to pay the rent on her Toronto apartment. She feels stymied and trapped so when her ... Read More...

1 Comment
Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: Bloomsbury, contemporary life, debut, satire

Becoming by Michelle Obama

January 28, 2019

becoming

Leave it to Michelle Obama, an untested writer, to achieve something that has never happened in my reading history. I finished her memoir, Becoming, on January 15th and had no hesitation in ranking it 5 stars. This makes it not only the first time ... Read More...

20 Comments
Filed Under: Book Reviews, Non-fiction Tagged: book clubs, marriage, memoir, politics, Random House, social issues, women

Annelies by David Gillham

January 25, 2019

annelies

As much as I love historical fiction, there are some people who should be left to history rather than brought back in fiction. After reading David Gillham’s Annelies I believe Anne Frank is one of these. She is too deeply imbued by her own writing, ... Read More...

3 Comments
Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: Europe, historical fiction, Holocaust, Viking, WWII

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