Category: Literary Fiction
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Fabulous Book Mail: MY NAME IS VENUS BLACK by Heather Lloyd
BIG thanks to Random House and The Dial Press for sending me this beautiful copy! This book has been on my radar for months so I am very excited to read it! Sounds excellent! In this riveting, heartfelt debut, a young woman assumes a new name to escape her dark past and find the redemption…
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Review: FRESHWATER by Akwaeke Emezi
Thank you so much to Grove Atlantic for providing my free copy – all opinions are my own. ” The world in my head has been far more real than the one outsideā maybe thatās the exact definition of madness, come to think of it. Book Description:Ā Ada begins her life in the south of…
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Review: BIRDS OF WONDER by Cynthia Robinson
Many thanks to Smith Publicity for providing my free review copy – all opinions are my own. Book Description:Ā Fiction. One August morning while walking her dog, high-school English teacher Beatrice Ousterhout stumbles over the dead body of a student, Amber Inglin, who was to play the lead in Beatrice’s production of John Webster’s Jacobean…
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Awesome Book Mail: GIRLS BURN BRIGHTER by Shobha Rao
I am so thankful to Flatiron Books for sending me a STUNNING copy of Girls Burn Brighter! It looks rather intense so I am anxious to start reading it! I cannot wait!! A searing, electrifying debut novel about the extraordinary bond between two girls driven apart by circumstance but relentless in their search for one…
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Book Mail: THE TRICK by Emanuel Bergmann
Many thanks to Atria Books for sending me this gorgeous copy! Surprise book mail is the best book mail! It looks wonderful and I cannot wait to read it! SYNOPSIS:Ā A deeply moving, humorous story of a boy who believes in everything and an old man who believes in nothing. In 1934, a rabbiās son…
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Review: DREADFUL YOUNG LADIES AND OTHER STORIES by Kelly Barnhill
Thank you so much to Algonquin Books for providing my free copy – all opinions are my own. Book Description:Ā When Mrs. Sorensenās husband dies, she rekindles a long-dormant love with an unsuitable mate in āMrs. Sorensen and the Sasquatch.ā In āOpen the Door and the Light Pours Through,ā a young man wrestles with grief…
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Book Mail: BRASS by Xhenet Aliu
Thank you so much to Random House for this amazing surprise! I love the cover and this looks excellent! It’s been on my radar for months and cannot wait to read it! SYNOPSIS:Ā A waitress at the Betsy Ross Diner, Elsie hopes her nickel-and-dime tips will add up to a new life. Then she meets…
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Little Brown Book Mail: THE HOUSE OF BROKEN ANGELS by Luis Alberto Urrea
Thank you so much the always wonderful Little, Brown and Company for this gorgeous copy! I have heard nothing but great things about this author so I am very excited to read this! SYNOPSIS:Ā From a Pulitzer Prize finalist comes a powerful and unforgettable portrait of one Mexican American family and the American dream “One…
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Fantastic Book Mail: WINTER KEPT US WARM by Anne Raeff
Thank you so much to Counterpoint Press for sending me a free copy of this gorgeous book! I have had my eye on this one for months so I am very excited to read it! SYNOPSIS:Ā Ulli is a young woman squatting in a dismal, empty Berlin apartment, one year after the war has ended.…
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Book Mail: THE RUINED HOUSE by Ruby Namdar
Thank you so much to Harper Books for sending me a free copy! I have major cover love for this book and it looks incredle!Ā SYNOPSIS:Ā Picking up the mantle of legendary authors such as Saul Bellow and Philip Roth, an exquisite literary talent makes his debut with a nuanced and provocative tale of materialism,…