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This was such a fun and original read! Kitchens of the Great Midwest pulled me in right away, and I loved it the whole way through. I had heard about this book in a couple different ways. I’m not sure …

I have to admit, I’m sometimes kind of a hyped book snob, in that I tend to avoid them. Hyped books are so hit or miss – sometimes, they deserve all the attention, whereas other times, I just can’t understand …

“Life: a constellation of vital phenomena—organization, irritability, movement, growth, reproduction, adaptation.” Typically, working the book’s title into the story annoys me because a lot of the time it doesn’t work. But in the case of A Constellation of Vital Phenomena …

In 1911, fourteen year-old Joan Skraggs finds herself trapped at home on a run-down farm, working tirelessly for her cruel father. He pulls her from school and requires her, “an ox of a girl” and “ugly” in his estimation, to mend, …

Why: The title. The cover. The dark, mysterious teaser. The genre – it’s historical fiction – one of my favorites. And honestly, when I picked this up at a local bookstore in Washington, DC, I was dreading a long, hot and …

Like Shakespeare’s works, I thought this was a real work of art. I loved the way Winterson reimagines The Winter’s Tale, and/but the theme of time is…for lack of a better word, intense. If I were to compare The Gap …

Why: When Literary Quicksand was approached about being a part of this book tour, I was intrigued by the publisher’s description (see below) of small town drama and having to learn a slower pace of life. Sometimes I miss the small town …

Vinegar Girl is a part of the Hogarth Shakespeare project, and it’s based on The Taming of the Shrew, which happens to be one of my favorite Shakespeare plays! So, when I downloaded this book via NetGalley, I was really …

Where’d You Go, Bernadette is one of the best books I’ve read all year! The story is a quirky one, and for me, it was the perfect amount of quirky. I read this on the train when I was returning from …

I have to start this review by divulging a fact: I’m not really an audiobook person. However, since I was going to be on an Amtrak train for many hours and wasn’t sure if I’d be able to overcome motion …