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Review: Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami

Title: Kafka on the Shore Author: Haruki Murakami Publisher: Vintage Publication Date: First published in 2002 ISBN: 9781400079278 Synopsis from Goodreads: Kafka on the Shore is powered by two remarkable characters: a teenage boy, Kafka Tamura, who runs away from home either to escape a gruesome oedipal prophecy or to search for his long-missing motherContinue reading “Review: Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami”

Review: The Bone Queen by Alison Croggon

Title: The Bone Queen Author: Alison Croggon Publisher: Candlewick Press Publication Date: June 13, 2017 ISBN: 9780763689742 Synopsis on Goodreads: Seduced into sorcery by an agent of the Dark, the promising Bard Cadvan of Lirigon recklessly unleashed the terrible Bone Queen, bringing destruction down upon Annar. Cadvan, cast out of the Schools of Barding for hisContinue reading “Review: The Bone Queen by Alison Croggon”

Review: Scrappy Little Nobody by Anna Kendrick

Title: Scrappy Little Nobody Author: Anna Kendrick Publisher: Touchstone Books Publication Date: November 2016 ISBN: 9781501117206 Synopsis from Goodreads: A collection of humorous autobiographical essays by the Academy Award-nominated actress and star of Up in the Air and Pitch Perfect. Even before she made a name for herself on the silver screen starring in films like Pitch Perfect, Up in theContinue reading “Review: Scrappy Little Nobody by Anna Kendrick”

Review: Zero Repeat Forever by Gabrielle Prendergast

*I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.* Title: Zero Repeat Forever Author: Gabrielle Prendergast Publisher: Simon & Schuster Publication Date: August 29, 2017 ISBN: 9781481481847 Synopsis from Goodreads: He has no voice, or name, only a rank, Eighth. He doesn’t know the details of the mission, only the directives thatContinue reading “Review: Zero Repeat Forever by Gabrielle Prendergast”

Yesterday by Felicia Yap

* I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.* Title: Yesterday Author: Felicia Yap Publisher: Mulholland Books Publication Date: August 1, 2017 ISBN: 9780316465250 Synopsis from Goodreads: Imagine a world in which classes are divided not by wealth or religion but by how much each group can remember. Monos, the majority,Continue reading “Yesterday by Felicia Yap”

Review: Blame by Jeff Abbott

* I received this book in exchange for an honest review.* Title: Blame Author: Jeff Abbott Publisher: Grand Central Publishing Publication Date: July 18, 2017 ISBN: 9781455558438 Synopsis from Goodreads: The crash that killed him Two years ago, Jane Norton crashed her car on a lonely road, killing her friend David and leaving her with amnesia.Continue reading “Review: Blame by Jeff Abbott”

Review: The History of Bees by Maja Lunde

*I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.* Title: The History of Bees Author: Maja Lunde Publisher: Touchstone Publication Date: August 22, 2017 ISBN: 9781501161377 Synopsis from Goodreads: England, 1852. William is a biologist and seed merchant, who sets out to build a new type of beehive one that will giveContinue reading “Review: The History of Bees by Maja Lunde”

Review: How to Fall in Love with Anyone

*I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.* Title: How to Fall in Love with Anyone Author: Mandy Len Catron Publisher: Simon & Schuster Publication Date: July 2017 ISBN: 9781501137440 Synopsis from Goodreads: In a series of candid, vulnerable, and wise essays that takes a closer look at what it meansContinue reading “Review: How to Fall in Love with Anyone”

Review: The Blood Miracles by Lisa McInerney

*I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.* Title: The Blood Miracles Author: Lisa McInerney Publisher: John Murray, a Hachette UK Company Publication Date: April 6, 2017 ISBN: 9781444798890 Synopsis from Goodreads: Like all twenty-year-olds, Ryan Cusack is trying to get his head around who he is. This is not aContinue reading “Review: The Blood Miracles by Lisa McInerney”

Review: Beyond the Wild River

*I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.* Title: Beyond the Wild River Author: Sarah Maine Publisher: Atria Books Publication Date: April 18, 2017 ISBN: 9781501126956 Synopsis from Goodreads: Nineteen-year-old Evelyn Ballantyre has always done her duty as a daughter, hiding her boredom and resentment behind good manners—so when anContinue reading “Review: Beyond the Wild River”