by Michelle | Aug 27, 2020 | B Author, Book Review, Books Read in 2020, Review Copy
In the Shadows of Men by Robert Jackson Bennett is VERY different from his other novels. With it, however, he confirms his status among my coveted must-read list. I don’t even like short stories, but I thoroughly enjoyed this spooky one. At 120 pages in length,...
by Michelle | Aug 21, 2020 | B Author, Book Review, Books Read in 2020, Review Copy
Afterland by Lauren Beukes is not the best example of her abilities. Once again, it is an example of a book I really wanted to like, sort of enjoyed, but found enough issues with it to make it forgettable. Don’t get me wrong; there is plenty to enjoy. There was...
by Michelle | Jul 24, 2020 | B Author, Book Review, Books Read in 2020, Review Copy
Girl, Serpent, Thorn by Melissa Bashardoust is unlike anything I’ve read. With its basis in Persian mythology, there is an automatic foreignness to the story due to the fact that Persian myths are not exactly popular in modern-day storytelling. But its exoticism...
by Michelle | Jun 17, 2020 | B Author, Book Review, Books Read in 2020, Review Copy
I was looking through my printed advance proof of This Little Family by Inès Bayard for a trigger warning because if ever a book needs one, this is it. Any book about rape is going to be tough and potentially triggering, but Ms. Bayard’s description of the scene...
by Michelle | Jun 2, 2020 | B Author, Book Review, Books Read in 2020, R Author
I have other book reviews to write, but somehow, writing about The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett feels like the most important review to write given what is happening around the country right now. Its release date of today, 2 June 2020, is timely, as its discussion...
by Michelle | Apr 30, 2020 | B Author, Book Review, Books Read in 2020, Review Copy
There are millions of books in existence around the world, some bad, some good, and some very good. Then there are a rare few that are so far above their peers that to read them is to feel like you are reading something truly special. Such is the case, in my opinion,...
