Title: White Teeth Author: Zadie Smith Genre: Contemporary Publisher: Penguin Format: Paperback Pages: 542 Rating: 5/5 stars Synopsis (Goodreads): Zadie Smith's White Teeth is a classic international bestseller and an unforgettable portrait of London, available as a Penguin Essential for the first time One of the most talked about fictional debuts ever, White Teeth … Continue reading Book Review: White Teeth by Zadie Smith
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Book Review: The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert
Title: The Hazel Wood Author: Melissa Albert Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy Publisher: Flatiron Books Format: Hardcover Pages: 359 Rating: 4/5 stars Synopsis (Goodreads): Seventeen-year-old Alice and her mother have spent most of Alice’s life on the road, always a step ahead of the uncanny bad luck biting at their heels. But when Alice’s grandmother, … Continue reading Book Review: The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert
Book Review: 11/22/63 by Stephen King
Title: 11/22/63 Author: Stephen King Genre: Historical Fiction, Time Travel Publisher: Scribner Format: Hardcover Pages: 849 Rating: 5/5 stars Synopsis (Goodreads): Life can turn on a dime—or stumble into the extraordinary, as it does for Jake Epping, a high school English teacher in Lisbon Falls, Maine. While grading essays by his GED students, Jake … Continue reading Book Review: 11/22/63 by Stephen King
Book Review: Library of Souls by Ransom Riggs
Title: Library of Souls Author: Ransom Riggs Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy Publisher: Quirk Books Format: Paperback Pages: 464 Rating: 4/5 stars Synopsis (Goodreads): A New York Times #1 best seller A boy with extraordinary powers. An army of deadly monsters. An epic battle for the future of peculiardom. The adventure that began with Miss … Continue reading Book Review: Library of Souls by Ransom Riggs
Book Review: Hollow City by Ransom Riggs
Title: Hollow City Author: Ransom Riggs Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy Publisher: Quirk Books Format: Paperback Pages: 428 Rating: 4/5 stars Synopsis (Goodreads): This second novel begins in 1940, immediately after the first book ended. Having escaped Miss Peregrine’s island by the skin of their teeth, Jacob and his new friends must journey to London, … Continue reading Book Review: Hollow City by Ransom Riggs
Book Review: The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
Title: The Poisonwood Bible Author: Barbara Kingsolver Genre: Historical Fiction, Classics Publisher: Harper Perennial Format: Paperback Pages: 546 Rating: 4/5 stars Synopsis (Goodreads): The Poisonwood Bible is a story told by the wife and four daughters of Nathan Price, a fierce, evangelical Baptist who takes his family and mission to the Belgian Congo in … Continue reading Book Review: The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
Book Review: This Savage Song by Victoria Schwab
Title: This Savage Song Author: Victoria Schwab Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy Publisher: Greenwillow Books Format: Paperback Pages: 464 Rating: 4/5 stars Synopsis (Goodreads): There’s no such thing as safe in a city at war, a city overrun with monsters. In this dark urban fantasy from author Victoria Schwab, a young woman and a young … Continue reading Book Review: This Savage Song by Victoria Schwab
Book Review: The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
Title: The Handmaid’s Tale Author: Margaret Atwood Genre: Dystopian, Classics Publisher: Emblem Format: Paperback Pages: 358 Rating: 4.5/5 stars Synopsis (Goodreads): In this internationally bestselling novel, Margaret Atwood has created a stunning vision of an increasingly possible near future. This is the story of Offred, one of the"Handmaids" whose purpose is to breed. In … Continue reading Book Review: The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
September 2019 Audiobooks
Hello everyone, Here is my September 2019 Audiobook Wrap Up for the month of September. I only listened to three audiobooks because I have been listening to podcasts a lot as well. So September was the month I was trying to catch up on some of my podcasts, but I could not stay away from … Continue reading September 2019 Audiobooks
Book Review: The Fountains of Silence by Ruta Sepetys
Title: The Fountains of Silence Author: Ruta Sepetys Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: Philomel Books Format: Paperback Pages: 512 Rating: 5/5 stars Synopsis (Goodreads): Madrid, 1957. Under the fascist dictatorship of General Francisco Franco, Spain is hiding a dark secret. Meanwhile, tourists and foreign businessmen flood into Spain under the welcoming guise of sunshine and … Continue reading Book Review: The Fountains of Silence by Ruta Sepetys
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