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November Mini-Reviews

November 21, 2019

All of the book love from Monday’s review of The Starless Sea really took it out of me so I’m giving myself (and you) a word break for the rest of the week. Today is mini-reviews—three very different ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Feature Tagged: coming-of-age, historical fiction, literary, memoir, mini-reviews

The Falconer: A Novel by Dana Czapnik

October 16, 2019

falconer

I loved this diamond bright, coming-of-age novel about a female athlete so much that when I saw it came out in paperback recently I had to share my thoughts with all of you again. If you haven't read ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: coming-of-age, contemporary life, debut, Faber and Faber, literary, New York City

A Door in the Earth

September 20, 2019

door

Parveen is like most young women her age—graduating college, but not sure what she wants to do with her degree in medical anthropology. Until she reads a memoir, written by a man who goes to ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: coming-of-age, contemporary life, cultural, literary, Little Brown and Company, Middle East, war

August Reading Wrap-Up

September 2, 2019

august

What a month! I hope you all had a more vacation-y time in August than I did. The month wasn’t bad, it was just a time of adjustment—Jed moved to Ann Arbor for his job, I stayed here and began the ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Feature Tagged: coming-of-age, friendship, literary, mini-reviews, television

gods with a little g

August 16, 2019

gods

On Monday, I reviewed a novel centered around the lives of two ministers, but it was not a book focused on organized religion. Today’s novel, gods with a little g, is the opposite, with religion at ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: California, coming-of-age, contemporary life, Farrar Straus Giroux, literary

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