Literary Fiction

Oh hello, my most anticipated novel of the year 😍. Did Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr live up to my expectations? Read on to find out! Synopsis Thirteen-year-old Anna, an orphan, lives inside the formidable walls of Constantinople in …

It’s that time of year again! August is here, bringing Women In Translation Month 2021 with it. I’ve got 5 books by women in translation that I think you’ll love this year!

This book might just be one of my favorites of 2021! Stand by for a rave review of No Hiding in Boise by Kim Hooper. The Synopsis When Angie is awakened by a midnight call from an officer with the …

Are you into sci-fi, but only want to have a short love affair with each story? Read on for my review of Falling From Trees, and find out why it might be right for your TBR List! Disclosure – We …

The Midnight Library by Matt Haig is such a popular book right now! With over 110,000 ratings on Goodreads, the rating is 4.23. That’s pretty dang good! I had seen so many rave reviews for it on Instagram and beyond, …

I read Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale for the first time as a college freshman. I didn’t have the words to adequately describe patriarchy or societal patterns of misogyny, yet. Atwood’s work, including much of her poetry, was integral to …

I have been reading a lot of books that represent the LGBTQ community and my home state of West Virginia lately, but I never expected the two to intersect. When I scrolled through the synopsis for Sugar Run by Mesha …

Enter the Aardvark by Jessica Anthony is odd. And funny. And contains everything from magical happenings, to a right wing Congressman, to a stuffed aardvark with a dark past, all in 183 pages.  The Summary:  Congressman Alexander Paine Wilson wakes …

Women In Translation Month is an anual event which takes place each August and brings together women writers from around the world.

The Summary Sayaka Murata’s Convenience Store Woman follows Keiko Furukura, a 36-year-old woman who works part time in a convenience store. Keiko likes working at the convenience store as it lets her observe the “normal” people she works with and …