Review: The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai

The Great Believers was heartbreaking, but so good and very worth reading.  I realize that reading a book about the AIDS crisis in the 80s isn’t a light read, but I feel like it’s really important to understand.  It’s also a book for anyone who likes a long, layered, multi-generational story. Makkai tells this story…

Tell the Wolves I’m Home by Carol Rifka Brunt

I’ve been wanting to read this for a while, but I knew it would be a tear-jerker and wanted to read it at the right time. I’m not telling you anything, by the way, you wouldn’t know from reading the first chapter. Tell the Wolves I’m Home is the story of fourteen-year-old June, whose beloved…