Title: This Night is OursAuthor: Ronnie DavisPublisher: Little, Brown Books for Young ReadersPublication Date: May 14, 2024ISBN: 9780316373616 Synopsis: Eighteen-year-old Brandy Bailey has just received the worst news of her life: She’s been accepted to a top nursing school, making her mother overwhelmingly proud. The thing is, Brandy wants to be an artist. Plus, Brandy’sContinue reading “Book Review: This Night is Ours by Ronni Davis”
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Book Review: A Court of Frost and Starlight by Sarah J. Maas
Title: A Court of Frost and StarlightAuthor: Sarah J. MaasPublisher: Bloomsbury PublishingPublication Date: June 2, 2020ISBN: 9781635575613 Synopsis: Feyre, Rhys and their companions are still busy rebuilding the Night Court and the vastly changed world beyond. But Winter Solstice is finally near, and with it a hard-earned reprieve. Yet even the festive atmosphere can’t keepContinue reading “Book Review: A Court of Frost and Starlight by Sarah J. Maas”
Book Review: A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
Title: A Court of Thorns and RosesAuthor: Sarah J. MaasPublisher: BloomsburyPublication Date: June 2, 2020ISBN: 9781635575569 Synopsis: When nineteen-year-old huntress Feyre kills a wolf in the woods, a terrifying creature arrives to demand retribution. Dragged to a treacherous magical land she knows about only from legends, Feyre discovers that her captor is not truly aContinue reading “Book Review: A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas”
Book Review: Katzenjammer by Francesca Zappia
*I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.*Title: KatzenjammerAuthor: Francesca ZappiaPublisher: Greenwillow BooksPublication Date: June 28, 2022ISBN: 9780063161658 Synopsis: Cat lives in her high school. She never leaves, and for a long time her school has provided her with everything she needs. But now things are changing. The hallways contractContinue reading “Book Review: Katzenjammer by Francesca Zappia”
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: 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: The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai
*I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.*Title: The Great BelieversAuthor: Rebecca MakkaiPublisher: VikingPublication Date: June 2018ISBN: 9780735223530 Synopsis from Goodreads:In 1985, Yale Tishman, the development director for an art gallery in Chicago, is about to pull off an amazing coup, bringing in an extraordinary collection of 1920s paintings asContinue reading “Book Review: The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai”
Book Review: Craftfulness: Mend Yourself by Making Things
* I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.* Title: Craftfulness Authors: Rosmary Davidson and Arzu Tahsin Publisher: Appetite by Random House Publication Date: January 29, 2019 ISBN: 9780525610427 Synopsis from Goodreads:Integrating mindfulness, neuroscience, positive psychology, and creativity research, Craftfulness offers a thought-provoking and surprising reconsideration of craft, and how making thingsContinue reading “Book Review: Craftfulness: Mend Yourself by Making Things”
Book review: Killing Commendatore by Haruki Murakami
*I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.* Title: Killing Commendatore Author: Haruki Murakami Publisher: Doubleday Canada Publication Date: October 9, 2018 ISBN: 9780385690690 Synopsis from Goodreads:In Killing Commendatore, a thirty-something portrait painter in Tokyo is abandoned by his wife and finds himself holed up in the mountain home of aContinue reading “Book review: Killing Commendatore by Haruki Murakami”
Book Review: Our Homesick Songs by Emma Hooper
*I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.* Title: Our Homesick Songs Author: Emma Hooper Publisher: Hamish Hamilton Canada Publication Date: August 7, 2018 ISBN 9780735232723 Synopsis from Goodreads: The Connor family is one of the few still left in their idyllic fishing village, Big Running, Newfoundland; after the fishContinue reading “Book Review: Our Homesick Songs by Emma Hooper”
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