From indie rock band Japanese Breakfast's creator Michelle Zauner comes this beautiful, heart-breaking memoir about the loss of her mother and her journey to self-discovery. An only child of an American father and a Korean mother, Zauner draws us into a childhood where she longs to be ‘more ...
Book Review: The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
I can see why this book reportedly got a 7 FIGURE book deal, and I can also see how V.E. Schwab gets readers to finish a nearly 150,000-word book, because I finished it and didn’t want it to end. I mostly listened to it on audiobook (narrated by Julia Whelan who’s fantastic as usual), but I also had ...
Book Review: In Five Years
I’d had this on my TBR list forever and finally got to it this month. Great premise, great characters, and interesting plot. SYNOPSIS: Dannie Kohan likes things planned, precise, and predictable. She’s the opposite of her best friend, Bella, the spontaneous, a fly-by-the-seat-of-your-pants girl ...
Book Review: Such a Fun Age
⭐⭐⭐⭐/5 So I’ve written a novel, now in its editing stages, and I’ve started to research literary agents to find the right ones to query. Lots of agents have a Manuscript Wish List (#mswl) or mention books they’ve loved, to give writers an idea of what they’re looking ...
Book Review: Orphan Train
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐/5 If you need a literary fix with accessible, beautiful writing and a good story, this is it. My first Christina Baker Kline book, but definitely not the last. Switching between present-day Maine and Depression-hit Minnesota, the book highlights the ...
