Truth is Stranger than Fiction This saying couldn’t be more true when talking about memoirs. A good memoir can easily rival the best fiction novel for one reason: it actually happened. Sure, every celebrity who ever lived has written down …
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I was pretty dang excited when this book came in for me at the library. I wasn’t expecting it yet at all, considering the long list I had to get in to wait for it! I was intimidated by the …
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by Caleighby CaleighAs the sole Canadian reviewer of LQ, I believe it is my privilege, nay, my DUTY, to talk about my homegirl Margaret Atwood. Maggie*, as you may know her, is responsible for bringing us the chilling but fabulous The Handmaidโs …
Story: Cocoa Beach by Beatriz Williams is a twisted family drama set in post WWI America. Virginia Fortescue has returned home from serving as an ambulance driver married to a British surgeon and carrying his child.ย After two years of …
I adored the characters in Graeme Simsion’s The Rosie Project, so looked forward to picking up his next novel, Two Steps Forward, which he co-authored with Anne Buist. Two Steps Forward follows the narratives of two main characters, Martin and …
The following is a guest post byย Danielle Blessing, an aspiring author and an LQ reader and follower. Check out her bio at the bottom! Thereโs something special and magical about reading in the summer. ย Growing up, I always looked forward …
The Book I was first exposed to the Time/Kairos Quintet when I was in 3rd grade. My teacher, Mrs. Graham, read us A Wind in the Door, and like that, I was hooked. So you can say that my returning …
The Immortalistsย has been one of 2018’s most widely anticipated and recommended novels. For those of you who arenโt familiar with breakout novelist Chloe Benjamin, the story revolves around the lives of 4 siblings, who find out as young children the …
The following is a book review from a guest: Rhonda Ray. Bio at the bottom! When my brain is filled with too much of the day-to-day grind or the seriousness of life, I love a good romance, not the bodice-ripping …