Literary Fiction

Great Circle was not what I expected, but I did end up liking it! Read on for my full review and find out what I didn’t expect. The Synopsis Spanning Prohibition-era Montana, the Pacific Northwest, Alaska, New Zealand, wartime London, …

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.