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About msvreadsbooks

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I love books, and after completing graduate school, I want an excuse to think deeply about them again. Proud granddaughter of multiple cancer survivors and would love to read and write for a cause.

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Can’t wait for the filmed version of A Good Marriage

A Good Marriage by Kimberly McCreight

June 4, 2021 by msvreadsbooks Leave a Comment

When I Googled this book, one of the first things that came up is that Nicole Kidman is producing a film version of this story. I can totally see that because of connection with Big Little Lies and The Undoing and the world of rich, beautiful, accomplished New York parents. (I know Big Little Lies isn’t a New York story, but wealthily Monterey might as well be a realized Brooklyn.) Liz Kitsakis is a successful attorney who receives a call from an old law school […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: Kimberly McCreight

msvreadsbooks's CBR13 Review No:15 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: Kimberly McCreight ·
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Being a mother seems difficult…

Little Disasters by Sarah Vaughn

May 31, 2021 by msvreadsbooks Leave a Comment

It’s so interesting to me to see how many novels and movies and personal stories have been focused on post-natal depression. At first, it seemed like a fluke. A once-in-a-while thing that affects some women sometimes. As more narratives are created and shared, it seems far more common than I thought. This novel explores several intertwined stories of mothers. Mothers who love their children, but whose emotions and brain chemistry don’t match those feelings. Mothers who had children when they weren’t ready, but their partner […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: Motherhood, mystery, OCD, postpartum, sarah vaughn

msvreadsbooks's CBR13 Review No:16 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: Motherhood, mystery, OCD, postpartum, sarah vaughn ·
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Love a good domestic thriller

When I Was You by Amber Garza

May 28, 2021 by msvreadsbooks Leave a Comment

I have a theory. It’s not necessarily original, but I have a theory. I think this wave of “domestic thriller” or “marriage thriller” novels is filling the cultural lacuna left by the disappearance of mid-budget thriller films. What once was Sleeping with the Enemy and Basic Instinct and Enough and all the rest is now filled with these novels of married couples who seem to really hate each other. Full discloure: I’m a singleton. Loud and proud. So when reading novels like Gone Girl or […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: Amber Garza, domestic thriller, Fiction, marriage thriller

msvreadsbooks's CBR13 Review No:17 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: Amber Garza, domestic thriller, Fiction, marriage thriller ·
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Kids can be very scary

We Hear Voices by Evie Green

May 24, 2021 by msvreadsbooks Leave a Comment

This book scared the crap out of me. It has the combined terrifying issues of children, murder, mysterious institutions, and other creepy shit. This horror story follows a boy named Billy who has an imaginary friend named Delfy. At first, Delfy seems like a harmless, developmentally approrpriate figment of a young boy’s imagination; but Delfy soon evolves into something malevolent. Something uncany about this book is that it takes place in the future, in a world where a pandemic has swept through the population. Meanwhile, […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Horror, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: Aliens, Children, Evie Green, horror, Institutions, pandemic, virus

msvreadsbooks's CBR13 Review No:18 · Genres: Fiction, Horror, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction · Tags: Aliens, Children, Evie Green, horror, Institutions, pandemic, virus ·
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If you’re looking for information about Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion… Look no further

Strategic Diversity Leadership by Damon A. Williams

Strategic Diversity Leadership by Katrina C. Wade Golden

May 21, 2021 by msvreadsbooks 1 Comment

This is an amazingly useful book for folx thinking about DEIAR issues. I read it as kind of professional development, and even though I’ve been working in this space for a long time, I feel like I learned a lot about both the history of DEI and some tangible action items to do better work. There are so many articles and infographics around DEI now that it’s become the topic du jour. I think a lot of companies and people are genuinely looking for ways […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: Damon A. Williams, DEI, diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Katrina C. Wade Golden, Non-Fiction

msvreadsbooks's CBR13 Review No:20 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: Damon A. Williams, DEI, diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Katrina C. Wade Golden, Non-Fiction ·
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Mexican Gothic!

Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

March 16, 2021 by msvreadsbooks 2 Comments

I love gothic novels. I love gothic films. I love gothic stories, in general. And I loved this one. I’ve never read a gothic novel that takes place outside of Europe, unless they’re on the East Coast of the U.S. And to set one in Mexico was such a great choice. Though, the menacing family and house are purely English and very familiarly gloomy. Mexican Gothic follows Noemí Taboada as she travels from her exciting life as a beloved socialite in Mexico City to a […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: #fantasy, 1950s, Dreams, ghosts, horror, mexican gothic, mexico, mystery, silvia moreno-garcia

msvreadsbooks's CBR13 Review No:11 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery · Tags: #fantasy, 1950s, Dreams, ghosts, horror, mexican gothic, mexico, mystery, silvia moreno-garcia ·
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