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Breathe In, Cash Out

July 19, 2019

breathe

Breathe In, Cash Out is fast and furious summer reading. Allegra is a second-year analyst at a large investment bank. It’s a soul-sucking experience, lived solely for the purpose of being able to cash ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: Atria Books, contemporary fiction, contemporary life, humor, new adult, New York City

Riots I Have Known

May 20, 2019

eight

Sometimes a synopsis can come out of nowhere and make you pick up a book you never thought you would, but it’s a dicey proposition because marketing people are wily devils. Their entire purpose in ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: contemporary fiction, debut, humor, literary, satire, Simon & Schuster

The Dreaded DNF: Mini-Reviews

September 14, 2018

dreaded

There is more than one reason for not finishing a book. Sometimes it's a case of 'It's Not You, It's Me'. Other times it's the right book at the wrong time. And then, there are the cases when neither ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Feature, Fiction Tagged: coming-of-age, contemporary fiction, historical fiction, satire, WWII

July Reading Wrap-Up

August 1, 2018

july

Oh boy, summer hit Seattle with a vengeance in July. I know for many other parts of the country temperatures in the high 80s are no big deal, but for those of us living in a region where air ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction, Reading Tagged: contemporary fiction, lists, mini-reviews

The Mere Wife by Maria Headley

July 30, 2018

mere

  Maybe every monster is a miracle meant to change the world... Author Maria Headley dives into a modern-day retelling of Beowolf beginning with its title, The Mere Wife. This is no novel ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: contemporary fiction, Farrar Straus Giroux, literary, retellings, women

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