Book Review: Generation A by Douglas Coupland

Title: Generation AAuthor: Douglas CouplandPublisher: Random House CanadaPublication Date: September 2009ISBN: 9780307357724 ———- Synopsis:Generation A is set in the near future in a world where bees are extinct, until five unconnected people all around the world— in the United States, Canada, France, New Zealand, and Sri Lanka—are all stung. Their shared experience unites them inContinue reading “Book Review: Generation A by Douglas Coupland”

Book Review: Over the Woodward Wall by A. Deborah Baker

*I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.*Title: Over the Woodward WallAuthor: A. Deborah BakerPublisher: TorPublication Date: October 2020ISBN: 9780765399274 Synopsis from Goodreads:Avery is an exceptional child. Everything he does is precise, from the way he washes his face in the morning, to the way he completes his homework –Continue reading “Book Review: Over the Woodward Wall by A. Deborah Baker”

Book Review: This Woven Kingdom by Tahereh Mafi

*I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.*Title: This Woven KingdomAuthor: Tahereh MafiPublisher: HarperCollinsPublication Date: February 1, 2022ISBN: 9780062972446 Synopsis from Goodreads: To all the world, Alizeh is a disposable servant, not the long-lost heir to an ancient Jinn kingdom forced to hide in plain sight. The crown prince, Kamran,Continue reading “Book Review: This Woven Kingdom by Tahereh Mafi”

Book Review: The Chandler Legacies by Abdi Nazemian

*I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.Title: The Chandler LegaciesAuthor: Abdi NazemianPublisher: Balzer and BrayPublication Date: February 15, 2022ISBN: 9780063039322 Synopsis from Goodreads:Beth Kramer is a “townie” who returns to her sophomore year after having endured a year of judgment from her roommate, Sarah. But Sarah Brunson knows there’s moreContinue reading “Book Review: The Chandler Legacies by Abdi Nazemian”

Book Review: A Lover’s Discourse by Xiaolu Guo

*I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest reviewTitle: A Lover’s DiscourseAuthor: Xiaolu GuoPublisher: Grove PressPublication Date: October 23, 2020ISB: 9780802149527 Synopsis from Goodreads:A Chinese woman moves from Beijing to London for a doctoral program-and to begin a new life-just as the Brexit campaign reaches a fever pitch. Isolated and lonelyContinue reading “Book Review: A Lover’s Discourse by Xiaolu Guo”

Book Review: Girls of Fate and Fury by Natasha Ngan

*I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.Title: Girls of Fate and FuryAuthor: Natasha NganPublisher: Jimmy PattersonPublication Date: November 23, 2021ISBN: 9780316528788 Synopsis from Goodreads:The last Lei saw of the girl she loved, Wren was fighting an army of soldiers in a furious battle to the death. With the twoContinue reading “Book Review: Girls of Fate and Fury by Natasha Ngan”

Book Review: Out of the Sun by Esi Edugyan

*I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.*Title: Out of the SunAuthor: Esi EdugyanPublisher: House of AnansiPublication Date: September 6, 2021ISBN: 9781487009878 Synopsis from Goodreads:What happens when we begin to consider stories at the margins, when we grant them centrality? How does that complicate our certainties about who we are,Continue reading “Book Review: Out of the Sun by Esi Edugyan”

Book Review: Lean In by Sheryl Sandberg

Title: Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to LeadAuthor: Sheryl Sandberg:Publisher: KnopfPublication Date: March 2013ISBN: 9780385349949 Synopsis from Goodreads: Thirty years after women became 50 percent of the college graduates in the United States, men still hold the vast majority of leadership positions in government and industry. This means that women’s voices are stillContinue reading “Book Review: Lean In by Sheryl Sandberg”

Book Review: Ridgerunner by Gil Adamson

*I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.*Title: RidgerunnerAuthor: Gil AdamsonPublisher: House of AnansiPublication Date: May 12, 2022ISBN: 9781487006563 Synopsis from Goodreads:November 1917. William Moreland is in mid-flight. After nearly twenty years, the notorious thief, known as the Ridgerunner, has returned. Moving through the Rocky Mountains and across the borderContinue reading “Book Review: Ridgerunner by Gil Adamson”

Book Review: Modern Lovers by Emma Straub

*I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.*Title: Modern LoversAuthor: Emma StraubPublisher: Riverhead Books Publication Date: May 2016ISBN: 9781594634673 Synopsis from Goodreads:Friends and former college bandmates Elizabeth and Andrew and Zoe have watched one another marry, buy real estate, and start businesses and families, all while trying to hold onContinue reading “Book Review: Modern Lovers by Emma Straub”