Top Ten Short Story Collections
This week’s Top Ten Tuesday, hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl, is about favorite short stories and novellas. I don’t read a lot of novellas, but…
Review: What We Were Promised by Lucy Tan
I really enjoyed Lucy Tan’s debut novel about a family living in modern-day Shanghai. Wei, Lina and their teenage daughter Karen are a wealthy family living in…
Top Ten Books Read This Year (So Far)
Today’s Top Ten Tuesday, hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl, is about the ten best books we’ve read so far this year. It’s always good to…
Review: Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado
It’s tempting to compare this book to What it Means When A Man Falls from the Sky by Lesley Nneka Arimah. Both are debut short story…
My June Reading Wrap-Up
ne was a tough month nationally, but a good month for blogging. It was a much quieter month than May, except for the last week, which…
Review: What it Means When a Man Falls From the Sky by Lesley Nneka Arimah
I loved this book of short stories. Arimah has a really vivid way of telling a story, and her stories covered a wide range of issues…
Top Ten Series I Haven’t Kept Up With
This week’s Top Ten Tuesday, hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl, is about series you don’t think you’ll finish. I start series all the time but…
Review: Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann
This book about a series of murders on the Osage reservation in the 1920’s was incredibly powerful. At first you may wonder why this particular murder…
Read Harder 2018: Help me finish this year’s challenge
So far I’ve read 13 out of the 24 Read Harder 2018 Challenge. It’s my first time doing this challenge and I’m really enjoying it. But…
Review: Code Girls by Liza Mundy
I recommend this book to anyone interested in World War II history and the role women played in it. I had no idea of the sheer…
Review: Who is Vera Kelly? by Rosalie Knecht
I really liked this book about a CIA agent in 1960’s Argentina. The book checked a lot of boxes for me: historical fiction, set in a…
Science Fiction and Fantasy Mini-Reviews: All Systems Red, Ms. Marvel, and Labyrinth Lost
Instead of reading the series I’m already into, I started three more series last month. All worth checking out, but at the top of my list…
