Jane Chisolm is a surprise baby, born to her parents long after her two older brothers have gone off to college and her sister is ten-years-old. But that’s not the only thing about Jane that’s unexpected. Her body didn’t fully develop in the womb and she is born with genital defects that rule out a normal woman’s life in rural Mississippi. It’s 1915, a time when no medical ... Read More...
November Reading Wrap-Up
Apparently, I’m determined to ignore all kinds of guidelines this week. First, I posted my reading habits two days late and only now am I going to attempt a November reading recap. Suffice it to say it was a hell of a month. I know for some people out there the election was a non-event, but I also know more people who got completely knocked off the track by the result. ... Read More...
A Month of Favorites: This is How I Read
I’d forgotten about this fun meme, A Month of Favorites, from Estella's Revenge, GirlXOXO and Traveling with T. It’s an especially nice idea for this year, when looking around the online world is a dangerous game of chance—you could find adorable kittens or you could come across more depressing news from an orange troll. It’s made the concept of ‘holiday spirit’ a bit ... Read More...
The Ornatrix: A Novel
Those of us in the contemporary world often believe that our problems are new to civilization and have never been experienced before, but Kate Howard shatters that belief in her debut novel The Ornatrix. She takes three women and seals their fate to their faces in this gothic tale of beauty set in Italy in the 16th century. Flavia is a country girl whose face is half ... Read More...
Beyond Books: Bookish Gift Shopping
If you’re visiting this blog chances are you’re either a book lover or you know a book lover. Either way, congratulations! It can make holiday shopping really easy, with a gift card to a local bookstore, but what about going the extra step and getting a little more creative? Yes, being caught reading in public is an obvious way to identify as a bibliophile so let's go a bit ... Read More...
Your Heart is a Muscle the Size of a Fist
Your Heart is a Muscle the Size of a Fist is one of those novels that runs on pure adrenaline. Author Sunil Yapa drops the reader into the chaos of the 1999 WTO protests in Seattle with such force that the fight or flight mechanism kicks in and there is no choice but to keep reading. The stream of consciousness style he employs means full immersion in each of the ... Read More...
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