It’s March Madness, but with books! We’re hosting #BookishMadness with our friend Maggie over at Reading and Musing. You can vote for your favorites throughout the next couple of weeks until we name the champion title. Join us on Twitter to vote! …
Joli
Joli
I'm a freelance writer/content strategist with an English degree living in Minneapolis, MN with my husband, young daughter, and two dogs. I created Literary Quicksand to feed my love of books, writing, and community. More About Me
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It’s time again for my midweek mix of (mostly) bookish links to stuff n’ things! What did you find interesting this week? 40 Great Books Coming to a Screen Near You There are so many books on this list that …
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Friends, this was a difficult one for me to get through. The Aviator’s Wife is a work of historical fiction about Ann Morrow Lindbergh, Charles Lindbergh’s wife. Narrated by Ann, the novel follows her from her college years in 1927 until …
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It’s time for a new weekly post on LQ. I keep finding awesome bookish (and sometimes just cool) stuff online that I want to share with you. So, this is my space to do it! Every Wednesday I’ll post a …
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Wow. What a whirlwind this tiny little book is! This is the first I’ve read of Gillian Flynn’s works. Yes, I know, everyone who’s anyone talks about how good they are. But creepy is just not my thing! So I …
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Bel Canto is a story about love, mostly. Love, music, language, terrorism, friendship – the book definitely doesn’t fail to deliver on those themes. Set in South America, the story (based on a true story) begins when a large roomful of mostly affluent …
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Book ReviewsHistorical FictionLiterary Fiction
Review: All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
by Joliby JoliMagic. Pure magic. This book…I’m almost at a loss for words! If you haven’t yet read All the Light We Cannot See, it’s imperative that you put it on your TBR list this instant. Anthony Doerr’s brilliant and captivating style …
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Were you a preadolescent girl of the 90s with an obsession for Lip Smackers, Skip-its, doodling in class and, of course, books? If so, you and I are soul mates. I was a book guzzler at that age. I would …
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Book ReviewsSci-Fi/FantasySuspense/Thriller
The Girl With All The Gifts by M.R. Carey
by Joliby JoliWhen this book popped up as the next to be read in my book club, I had no idea what to expect. See, I like jumping into book club books without reading about them first. I don’t read the synopsis …
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The amazingness of Etsy often blows my mind. Having just recently gotten my ears pierced for the first time (yeah, I’m an odd duck), I immediately went to Etsy to purchase my first pairs of earrings. It’s a good feeling …