I received an advance reader’s copy (ARC) of The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah. Since this version is just a proof and not the final version, I won’t quote directly and will keep my comments general. In The Four Winds, Elsa Martinelli lives on a farm in Texas with her children and her husband’s parents. …
Book Review | Outlawed (ARC)
I received an advance reader’s copy (ARC) of Outlawed by Anna North. Since this version is just a proof and not the final version, I won’t quote directly and will keep my comments general. In an alternate world in which a flu decimates—and in fact destroys—America as we know it, fertility is valued above everything. …
Book Review | A Thousand Ships (ARC)
I received an advance reader’s copy (ARC) of A Thousand Ships by Natalie Haynes. Since this version is just a proof and not the final version, I won’t quote directly and will keep my comments general. In Homer’s famous epic poems, The Iliad and The Odyssey, we follow various men who go to war, face …
Book Review | Concrete Rose (ARC)
I didn’t mean to read this entire book in a day, but... I received an advance reader’s copy (ARC) of Concrete Rose by Angie Thomas. Since this version is just a proof and not the final version, I won’t quote directly and will keep my comments general. In Concrete Rose, Maverick Carter thinks his life …
Book Review | Remote Control (ARC)
I received an advance reader’s copy (ARC) of Remove Control by Nnedi Okorafor. Since this version is just a proof and not the final version, I won’t quote directly and will keep my comments general. Sankofa has wandered rural Ghana for years, ever since Death visited her town when she was seven. Because of her …