I am not a huge fan of February. I could very easily do without the Super Bowl or Valentine’s Day (don’t judge me!) It is usually cold, grey, and dark (unless it is snowy, in which case it is cold, white, and dark). Like every faithful book lover, I turn to books to fight these winter blues. I pick up a funny rom com, or a suspenseful mystery, or I return to another time with a historical fiction. Time passes as pages turn, and suddenly […]
A Little Women “Re-miss”
So Many Beginnings: A Little Women Remix by Bethany C. Morrow
My YA book group selection for February is So Many Beginnings: A Little Women Remix by Bethany C. Morrow. It is a take off of Little Women where the family is recently freed slaves and the time period is the civil war. I assume it was selected for Black History Month. The March family in this book are Mammie and her 4 girls: Meg a teacher, Jo a writer, Beth a seamstress, and Amy a dancer (although these nicknames are based on different names […]
“No one tells you before you procreate that the hardest thing about being a good parent is that you never feel like one.”
The Winners by Fredrik Backman
I have been reading Fredrik Backman since A Man Called Ove. I mean reading everything he has ever written (including the novellas). So, when a friend suggested we go see him at a local library, I jumped at the chance. I have seen lots of author presentations (I call myself a bit of an author groupie), and his was one of the best. He was wonderful: well spoken, polite, humble, insightful, smart, and most of all, very funny. The event included a signed book, so I […]
“There’s a Lid for Every Pot”
The Matchmaker's Gift by Lynda Cohen Loigman
I have been a fan of Lynda Cohen Loigman’s books for several years. I was looking forward to The Matchmaker’s Gift and it did not disappoint. Loigman writes historical fiction centering around the Jewish immigrant community in New York City. Her books are well researched and she captures their experiences very well. The book is set in two time periods. In 1994 Abby is a divorce attorney working for a very demanding boss. She is mourning her grandmother, Sara, who helped raise her and her […]
Don’t mess with an angry gingerbread cookie!
A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking by T. Kingfisher
I really adored A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking by T. Kingfisher. This charming young adult fantasy novel was so much fun to read. A shout out to the YA librarian who mentioned how much she had loved this book. Mona is a 14 year old baker who has some limited magic capabilities. She can do things like make gingerbread cookies dance. One day, she finds a dead girl in the bakery and it turns out all magickers in her town are being targeted and […]
“I devoured this.” V. E. Schwab
The Book Eaters by Sunyi Dean
As a book lover, I couldn’t resist reading something called The Book Eaters. Especially with the review quote from V. E. Schwab (whom I love) “I devoured this.” Sunyi Dean’s novel is set in a dark fantasy world where there are a group of book eaters who are not human, but instead subside by eating books, which gives them the knowledge in the book. There are also mind eaters who instead eat human brains and gain knowledge that way. Devon is a princess from one […]
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