Somehow, it is time for a top ten books list again?! I don't even want to contemplate how fast this year has gone. But at the same time, thank goodness it's over. I wish I could say I read a wide variety of genres, but that isn't really true. I dipped my toe in other …
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Book Review | Calling For a Blanket Dance (ARC)
I received an advance reader’s copy (ARC) of Calling For a Blanket Dance by Oscar Hokeah. Since this version is just a proof and not the final version, I won’t quote directly and will keep my comments general. In Calling For a Blanket Dance, we follow the life of Ever Geimausaddle through the various perspectives …
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Book Review | Four Treasures of the Sky (ARC)
I received an advance reader’s copy (ARC) of Four Treasures of the Sky by Jenny Tinghui Zhang. Since this version is just a proof and not the final version, I won’t quote directly and will keep my comments general. In Four Treasures of the Sky, Daiyu spends the first few years of her life with …
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Book Review | Sea of Tranquility (ARC)
I received an advance reader’s copy (ARC) of Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel. Since this version is just a proof and not the final version, I won’t quote directly and will keep my comments general. In Sea of Tranquility, the reader follows various storylines: a young man traveling in Canada in 1912, …
Book Review | A Man Called Ove
I feel like I missed something. Something being why everyone adores this book so much. Apologies in advance to those who loved this book! I mean you and the author no ill will! That said, I have to get this off my chest. In A Man Called Ove (written by Fredrik Backman and translated into …