It might have been the shortest month of the year, but we weren’t short on good books here at Literary Quicksand! I’m in the middle of a LONG book I was ecstatic to be approved for on NetGalley – Abraham …
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Book ReviewsSci-Fi/Fantasy
Review: Hospital by Han Song, translated by Michael Berry
by Cathyby CathySummary A twisted, wildly imaginative tale of one manโs mysterious illness and his journey through a dystopian hospital system. When Yang Wei travels to C City for work, he expects nothing more than a standard business trip. A break from …
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Book ReviewsSuspense/ThrillerYoung Adult
Review: She is a Haunting by Trang Tranh Tran
by Katieby KatieI was lucky enough to receive an advance copy of Trang Tranh Tran’s YA debut She is a Haunting. Read on for my review! Summary A house with a terrifying appetite haunts a broken family in this atmospheric horror, perfect …
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The Twyford Code was totally nuts…in a good way! Read on for my thoughts. Summary Forty years ago, Steven โSmithyโ Smith found a copy of a famous childrenโs book by disgraced author Edith Twyford, its margins full of strange markings …
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Book ReviewsMemoir/Biography
Audiobook Review: The River You Touch by Chris Dombrowski
by Joliby JoliOh how much I loved The River You Touch on audiobook! I’m totally smitten with this book….it was like magic. Read on to find out what made me love it so much! Summary โWe are matter and long to be …
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Welcome to our first recap in 2023! How did your reading year start? Mine started pretty normally – I read 4 books in January, and I average one a week. So, I’m on track! I did have one DNF this …
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When winter sets in, do you crave a few winter reads? Or maybe you like them in the dog days of summer to help you cool off. Either way, books set in winter can be really cozy reads! To help …
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Good news: the annual Best Historical Fiction list is back! This is Literary Quicksand’s 3rd year of curating an epic list of historical fiction. As with the previous years, I’ll do my best to keep coming back and updating this …
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Book ReviewsCrime/MysteryFictionHistorical Fiction
Book Review: The London Sรฉance Society by Sarah Penner
by Joliby JoliHey, The Lost Apothecary fans! Looking forward to Penner’s new book, The London Sรฉance Society? So was I! Read on to find out why I didn’t love it as much as her first. The Summary May mercy be upon the …