In A Place at the Table by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan, Sara is nervous to start middle school. She’s used to going to the Muslim school, but this is public school where she will be the minority. Not to mention her mother’s catering business is struggling, and she still hasn’t gotten her citizenship. Meanwhile, …
Tag: contemporary fiction
Book Review | The Ice House (ARC)
I received an advance reader’s copy (ARC) of The Ice House by Monica Sherwood. Since this version is just a proof and not the final version, I won’t quote directly and will keep my comments general. So while I’ve been avoiding fiction books about pandemics like… well, like the plague (sorry), I thought I’d give …
Book Review | Well Matched
In Well Matched, we return to Willow Creek, where April is facing several changes. She’s just turned forty, she’s about to become an empty nester, and is planning to leave this small town at last. However, then her friend Mitch asks her to pretend to be his girlfriend at an upcoming gathering to get his …
Book Review | The Love Hypothesis
In The Love Hypothesis, Olive is a PhD candidate working in a biology lab at Stanford. She’s content with her life, even if it’s not that lucky in love—but when her best friend Anh falls for the guy Olive has dated casually a couple times, she has to reevaluate. It might be a good idea …
Book Review | Cloud Cuckoo Land (ARC)
I received an advance reader’s copy (ARC) of Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr. Since this version is just a proof and not the final version, I won’t quote directly and will keep my comments general. In Cloud Cuckoo Land, we follow several different characters from several different times and settings: there’s Anna and Omeir …
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