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Yep, it’s official, Literary Quicksand has been live for over a year! We launched our site on February 11, 2016. Where has the time gone?? What a year! To everyone who has visited and loved books along with us, thank …

Thanks to TLC Book Tours and HarperCollins for a copy of this book in exchange for a fair review! I was SO excited for this one! I fell in love with Christina Baker Kline when I read Orphan Train last year. …

Hardcover: 256 pages Publisher: Harper Wave (February 21, 2017) “This book is joyful, playful, delicious, and guess what? It will also change your life. I invite you to follow Jessica into the vast green wilderness.” — Lena Dunham Wellness advocate and …

Before I get into my review of this lovely memoir, I have to preface this post with with some words about my own life, as my personal life greatly influences how this book made me feel. 3.5 weeks ago, I …

I have to admit, I cheated a little on this review. When I saw Orphan Train on a book tour list ahead of Kline’s upcoming new release, A Piece of the World, I had to choose them both, even though …

Goodbye 2016, and thanks for all the amazing books! Between all of us at LQ, we read quite a few wonderful books this year. We’ve somehow narrowed them down and picked out our favorites. Without further ado, here they are! …

Need a read that’ll immerse you in a life that’s completely different from your own? Pick up Marlene and that’s what you’ll get! Thanks to TLC Book Tours and HarperCollins for sending me Marlene in exchange for a fair review. …

Let me preface this review by saying this: I am not exactly a science fiction girl. That doesn’t mean I dislike it – it’s just not something I read on a regular basis. So, when I saw this book in …

Happy Sunday! Here’s what the LQ ladies have added to our TBR lists in the past couple of weeks. What have you added? We like recommendations! Aubrey I’m currently reading A Constellation of Vital Phenomena, recommended by Janna. People’s stories …

I blame Little House on the Prairie for my interest in fiction about settlers and the West. There’s something about that era in American history that I love…something about surviving on the land and caring about things that were truly …