by Michelle | Dec 31, 2020 | Book Review, Books Read in 2020, K Author
Stamped from the Beginning by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi is the book you didn’t know you needed to read if you are working towards being an antiracist. At times dense with history and more than a bit confusing, its overlying message of racism as the founding sentiment...
by Michelle | Dec 30, 2020 | Book Review, Books Read in 2020, H Author, Review Copy
The Daughters of Temperance Hobbs by Katherine Howe may be a sequel to The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane, but it is not necessary to read one before the other. While there are references to Deliverance and her book throughout The Daughters of Temperance Hobbs, Ms....
by Michelle | Dec 30, 2020 | Book Review, Books Read in 2020, C Author, Review Copy
Anyone who has ever read one of Deb Caletti’s novels knows that they are going to read something spectacular and highly relevant to modern society. This is especially true of her young adult novels. In A Heart in a Body in the World, Ms. Caletti channels all of...
by Michelle | Dec 29, 2020 | Book Review, Books Read in 2020, E Author, Review Copy
The Lightest Object in the Universe by Kimi Eisele is yet another post-apocalyptic story. Instead of cannibalistic raiders and a dog-eat-dog world, the world in which Carson and Beatrix find themselves is the exact opposite. Reading this at the end of 2020 where it...
by Michelle | Dec 29, 2020 | Book Review, Books Read in 2020, Review Copy, S Author
I never thought I was a fan of retellings, and then I got into fairy tale reimaginings. Those I like. A lot. I especially enjoy anything that imagines the story from the villain’s point of view. The Evil Queen by Gena Showalter fits that bill perfectly. In The...
by Michelle | Dec 24, 2020 | Book Review, Books Read in 2020, H Author, Review Copy
We Sold Our Souls by Grady Hendrix, although published in 2018, feels fitting for the dumpster fire of 2020. After all, based on the title alone, it is not difficult to imagine an entire cadre of government officials who sold their souls a long time ago. And I’m...
