Beach Read by Emily Henry tells the story of January Andrews, an author who is suffering from writer’s block. This is largely due to the fact that her father has recently died, and she has since learned that he had been unfaithful to her mother for years. She moves back to her father’s hometown to …
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Book Review | Between the World and Me
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates is an essay/letter to the author’s son. In it, Coates speaks about growing up in Baltimore, about going to Howard University, about love and fear and police brutality, all in an effort to show his son what life is like as a black man in America. This …
Book Review | To Have and To Hoax
In To Have and To Hoax by Martha Waters, Violet and James have been married for five years. The last four, however, have been far from marital bliss—they have hardly spoken. But when James has an accident on his horse, Violet rushes to make sure he is unharmed, only to find him perfectly fine and …
Book Review | Making the Monster
Making the Monster by Kathryn Harkup explores the science and medicine studied at the time Mary Shelley wrote her most famous novel. Not only does it provide a wider scientific and cultural context for one of the best known sci-fi books in history, it also delves into Mary’s life and examines what information and resources …
Book Review | Nessie Quest
Now that my local library is (partially) open again, I got this middle grade book on a whim! In Nessie Quest by Melissa Savage, Ada Ru Fitzhugh expects to go to Disney World this summer, but is told that instead, her parents are taking her to Scotland so her father can teach a summer course …
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