*I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.*Title: Throwaway DaughterAuthor: Ting-Xing YePublisher: TundraPublication Date: May 03, 2022ISBN: 9781774880340 Synopsis:Throwaway Daughter tells the story of Grace Dong-mei Parker, whose biggest concern is how to distill her adoption from China into the neat blanks of her personal history assignment. Aside from theContinue reading “Book Review: Throwaway Daughter by Ting-Xing Ye”
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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: 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: Into that Fire by MJ Cates
*I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.*Title: Into that FireAuthor: MJ CatesPublisher: Random House CanadaPublication Date: February 19, 2019ISBN: 9780735273764 Synopsis from Goodreads:Imogen Lang’s only friend and confidant at medical school in Chicago is lanky poet Quentin Goodchild, but he wants more than friendship. Unlike most other well-brought-up youngContinue reading “Book Review: Into that Fire by MJ Cates”
Book Review: Girls Need Not Apply by Kelly S. Thompson
*I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.Title: Girls Need Not Apply: Field Notes from the ForcesAuthor: Kelly S. ThompsonPublisher: McClelland & StewartPublication Date: August 20, 2019ISBN: 9780771070952 Synopsis from Goodreads:At eighteen years old, Kelly Thompson enlisted in the Canadian Armed Forces. Despite growing up in a military family —Continue reading “Book Review: Girls Need Not Apply by Kelly S. Thompson”
Book Review: The Runaway Daughter by Joanna Rees
*I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.Title: The Runaway DaughterAuthor: Joanna ReesPublisher: Pan MacmillanPublication Date: July 2, 2019ISBN: 9781529023510 Synopsis from Gooreads:It’s 1926 and Anna Darton is on the run from a terrible crime. Alone and scared in London, salvation comes in the form of Nancy, a sassy AmericanContinue reading “Book Review: The Runaway Daughter by Joanna Rees”
Blog Tour! The Grace Year by Kim Liggett
Publisher: Wednesday Books Publication Date: October 8, 2019 ISBN: 9781250145444 Synopsis from Goodreads:Survive the year. No one speaks of the grace year. It’s forbidden. In Garner County, girls are told they have the power to lure grown men from their beds, to drive women mad with jealousy. That’s why they’re banished for their sixteenth year,Continue reading “Blog Tour! The Grace Year by Kim Liggett”
Book review: A Door in the Earth by Amy Waldman
*I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.* Title: A Door in the Earth Author: Amy Waldman Publisher: Little, Brown and Company Publication Date: August 27, 2019 ISBN: 9780316451574 Synopsis from Goodreads:Parveen Shamsa, a college senior in search of a calling, feels pulled between her charismatic and mercurial anthropology professorContinue reading “Book review: A Door in the Earth by Amy Waldman”
Book Review: The Downstairs Girl by Stacey Lee
*I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.* Title: The Downstairs Girl Author: Stacey Lee Publisher: G. P. Putnam Son’s Books for Young Readers Publication Date: August 13, 2019 ISBN: 9781524740955 Synopsis from Goodreads:By day, seventeen-year-old Jo Kuan works as a lady’s maid for the cruel daughter of one ofContinue reading “Book Review: The Downstairs Girl by Stacey Lee”
Worn Pages and Ink 