Tag: fiction

Brief Thoughts: Wild Beauty by Anna-Marie McLemore

29 December 2017 / brief reviews / 0 Comments
Brief Thoughts: Wild Beauty by Anna-Marie McLemore

For nearly a century, the Nomeolvides women have tended the grounds of La Pradera, the lush estate gardens that enchant guests from around the world. They’ve also hidden a tragic legacy: if they fall in love too deeply, their lovers […]

Diversity Spotlight Thursday #5

21 December 2017 / meme / 2 Comments
Diversity Spotlight Thursday #5

Read and Enjoyed: If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo Amanda Hardy is the new girl in school. Like anyone else, all she wants is to make friends and fit in. But Amanda is keeping a secret, and she’s determined […]

5 Books I Read and Loved But Never Got Around to Reviewing

14 December 2017 / brief reviews / 4 Comments
5 Books I Read and Loved But Never Got Around to Reviewing

These books I enjoyed but never reviewed because I either thought they were excellent all around and couldn’t figure out how to do justice to them in a review, or because they were excellent in a very personal way, or […]

Family Reads: The Cottingley Secret by Hazel Gaynor

11 December 2017 / family reads / 0 Comments
Family Reads: The Cottingley Secret by Hazel Gaynor

Born out of a desire to get a family of book lovers to connect more over what they’re reading, Family Reads is an occasional feature where my mom, dad or sister and I read and discuss a book. Why we chose […]

Review: The Child Finder = Another Excellent Sophomore Novel

9 December 2017 / review / 0 Comments
Review: The Child Finder = Another Excellent Sophomore Novel

The Child Finder by Rene Denfeld Format/Source: Hardcover/Library Published: September 2017 Publisher: HarperCollins Length: 272 pages Genre: Literary fiction ★★★★½     The Child Finder focuses on the mystery of a missing child. If you stripped away the insightful prose, made the characters full […]