Book Review: The City and its Uncertain Walls by Haruki Murakami

Title: The City and its Uncertain WallsAuthor: Haruki MurakamiPublisher: KnopfPublication Date: November 19, 2024ISBN: 9780593801970  Synopsis:We begin with a nameless young couple: a boy and a girl, teenagers in love. One day, she disappears . . . and her absence haunts him for the rest of his life. Thus begins a search for this lostContinue reading “Book Review: The City and its Uncertain Walls by Haruki Murakami”

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”

Review: Paradise and Elsewhere by Kathy Page

Title: Paradise and Elsewhere Author: Kathy Page Publisher: Biblioasis Publication Date: June 2014 ISBN: 9781927428597  Synopsis from Goodreads: The rubble of an ancient civilization. A village in a valley from which no one comes or goes. A forest of mother-trees, whispering to each other through their roots; a lakeside lighthouse where a girl slips intoContinue reading “Review: Paradise and Elsewhere by Kathy Page”

Review: Helen Oyeyemi’s Boy, Snow, Bird

Title: Boy, Snow, Bird Author: Helen Oyeyemi Publisher: Hamish Hamilton, imprint of Penguin Canada Books Inc. Date Published: 2014 ISBN: 978-0-14-318743-1 Released on Monday of this week, Boy, Snow, Bird, a postmodern retelling of the classic Snow White, features Boy Novak who we meet as a fifteen-year-old who is subject to the violence of anContinue reading “Review: Helen Oyeyemi’s Boy, Snow, Bird”