Title: The Secret History Author: Donna Tartt Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Published: 16 September 1992 Pages: 544 This book has been on my TBR for ages, and I was so excited to read it. Unfortunately, that excitement didn’t last long. While I love dark academia books, and the plot was engaging, there was never any […]
Title: Ella Minnow Pea Author: Mark Dunn Publisher: Anchor Published: 17 September 2002 Ella lives on the fictional island of Nollop of the coast of South Carolina. Named for Nevin Nollop, the island took their founding from him and made their own country, the author of the immortal phrase containing all the letters of the […]
Title: Hang the Moon Author: Alexandria Bellefleur Publisher: Avon Published: 25 May 2021 Pages: 384 To be honest, this was not as good as Written in the Stars. The book follows Darcy’s brother, Brendon Lowell, and his own romance story with Darcy’s best friend, Annie. Brendon sets out to prove to Annie that love isn’t […]
Title: Notorious RBG: The Life & Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg Authors: Irin Carmon & Shana Knizhnik Publisher: Dey Street Books Published: 27 October 2015 Pages: 240 I sometimes will peruse other reviews of a book that I’m reviewing because of the subject matter or to see how to appropriately review a book. For this […]
Title: I Hope This Finds You Well: Poems Author: Kate Baer Publisher: Harper Perennial Published: 9 November 2021 Pages: 80 TW: misogyny, sexism This review might be all over the place but please stay with me. Okay, so the book of poems starts with a little introduction about how Baer came to the idea of […]
Title: The Whispering House Author: Elizabeth Brooks Publisher: Doubleday Published: 6 August 2020 Pages: 352 Content Warnings: emotional abuse, suicide, chronic illness, self-harm, and physical abuse If I can do one good thing for people it would be telling them to not read this book. It is a waste of time, and I want those […]
Title: Everything Under Author: Daisy Johnson Publisher: Jonathan Cape Published: 12 July 2018 Pages: 264 Content Warnings: incest, suicide, and death (explicit); dementia and animal death (moderate); addiction, adult/child relationship, and rape (minor) I go back and forth on if this is a 4 star or 5 star book. On one hand, I absolutely loved […]
Title: Dearly Author: Margaret Atwood Publisher: Ecco Published: 10 November 2020 Pages: 124 Content Warnings: death, violence, rape, sexual assault, misogyny I’m going to be upfront and state my bias right away. I have a difficult time with Margaret Atwood. Much of her feminism is grounded in white feminism (intersectionality is not a consideration) and […]
Title: Good Girl, Bad Blood Author: Holly Jackson Publisher: Electric Monkey Published: 20 April 2020 Pages: 417 Content Warnings: murder, gun violence, death, sexual assault, kidnapping I was so excited when this book came out because I absolutely loved, loved, loved, the first book in the series, A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder and couldn’t […]
Title: Daisy Jones & the Six Author: Taylor Jenkins Reid Publisher: Ballantine Books Published: 5 March 2019 Pages: 355 Content Warnings: drug abuse, drug use, addiction, abortion, alcoholism, toxic relationship An interesting novel about the rise of a iconic 1970s (imaginary) rock band and their beautiful lead singer, revealing the mystery behind their infamous breakup. […]