Title: Hamilton and the Law Editor: Lisa A. Tucker Publisher: Cornell University Press Published: 15 October 2020 I received an advanced copy of this book from Cornell University Press through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. (Yes, it is passed the date of publication but moving got in the way). Edited by Lisa A. […]
Title: Mexican Gothic Author: Silvia Moreno-Garcia Publisher: Del Rey Published: 30 June 2020 After receiving a frantic letter from her cousin, Noemi Taboada heads to High Place, a distant house in the Mexican countryside. Noemi doesn’t know what to expect, as her cousin suddenly married a handsome Englishman, who is a practical stranger to the […]
Title: The Midnight Library Author: Matt Haig Publisher: Viking Published: 29 Sept. 2020 I was a bit disappointed with this book. The concept sounds amazing! ‘Between life and death, there is a library , and within that library, the shelves go on forever. Every book provides a chance to try another life you could have […]
Title: Tower of Dawn Author: Sarah J. Maas Publisher: Bloomsbury Published: September 5, 2017 Finally! I have finished this book! I have attempted to read this about 3 or 4 times before finally just taking 2 days and forcing myself through it. While I love Sarah J. Maas and her writing and stories are amazing, […]
Title: The Inheritance Games (first in series) Author: Jennifer Lynn Barnes Publisher: Little, Brown Books Published: 1 September 2020 What if you were given a million dollars? Or a billion dollars? We all dream of it, right? I have never played any lottery in my life, but I still have a plan for when I […]
Title: The Religion Clauses: The Case for Separating Church and State Authors: Erwin Chemerinsky & Howard Gillman Publisher: Oxford University Press Published: 1 September 2020 Summary: Throughout American history, views on the relationship between the state and religion have been deeply divided. With recent changes in the composition of the Supreme Court, First Amendment law […]
Title: You Exist Too Much Author: Zaina Arafat Publisher: Catapult Published: 9 June 2020 Summary: When a 12-year-old Palestinian-American girl is yelled at by a group of men outside the Church of the Nativity, she begins to realize the differences between men and women. Not only that but the borders that separate her from both […]
Series: Truly, Devious Trilogy Titles: Truly, Devious, The Vanishing Stair, and The Hand on the Wall Author: Maureen Johnson Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books Release Date: 16 January 2018; 22 January 2019; 21 January 2020 Pages: 416 ;369; 369 Ellingham Academy is a private school in Vermont. Founded by Albert Ellingham, an early 20th Century tycoon, who envisioned a place […]
Title: Migrations Author: Charlotte McConaghy Publisher: Flatiron Books Published: 4 August 2020 Pages: 239 Franny Stone has always been a wanderer. Never staying in one place for too long. It’s like a family curse. Yet, when the wild creatures that she loves begins to disappear, Franny can no longer wander without a destination. She is […]
Title: This Time Next Year We’ll be Laughing Author: Jacqueline Winspear Publisher: Soho Press Published: 3 November 2020 Pages: 312 I received an eARC from NetGalley and Library Journal in honor of Virtual Day of Dialog 2020 in exchange for an honest review. To be upfront, I am not a fan of memoirs or autobiographies. […]