8.5 Stories of Your Life and Others
byIn a conversation with a friend, I mentioned I like science fiction, and then she asked me if I had read Ted Chiang, who, according…
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7.9 Embroideries: A Candid Look At Iranian Women’s Lives
byHave you ever wondered about the sex lives of Iranian women? I can’t say that I have but when I stumbled upon this slim…
7.2 The Midnight Feast
byTo me, Lucy Foley is the epitome of mid-range thriller writers – decent thrillers that keep you reading late into the night, but leave…
8 A Comprehensive Guide To The Inheritance Trilogy
byI spent the better part of 2024 reading this series. I went into it hoping it would be the next George R.R.Martin series (I…
8.3 A Chilling Thriller: The Only One Left
byUgh! This was a book that I was well on the way to giving a 9 or more out of 10, and then the…
7 Learned By Heart: A Review
byEver since I started reading Sarah Waters, I have been partial to a good Sapphic romance (especially a historical one), and I never miss…
8.3 The Reappearance of Rachel Price
byAfter reading this book, I have concluded that I can read anything Holly Jackson writes. I may love or hate her books in the…
8.5 A World of Secrets: Piranesi
byI picked up Piranesi with great reluctance. Nothing about the blurb sounded interesting to me, and there were mixed reviews on the web. Still,…
7.5 Behind Closed Doors: A Review Of The Maid
byThe blurb on the cover of this book is quite deceptive—you don’t see her, but she sees you. I picked up this book thinking…
9.1 A Haunting Look at History: The Complete Maus
byMaus is the only comic book to ever win a Pulitzer Prize. It tells the real-life story of Vladek Spiegelman, a Jewish survivor of…