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    Jillian by Halle Butler
    Jessica Riches
    • Jul 27, 2020
    • 4 min

    Jillian by Halle Butler

    At first I thought I didn’t have very much to say about this book, which is a problem when I’m meant to be reviewing it. It’s just about...
    Friday Book Debrief Vol 33
    Admin
    • Jul 24, 2020
    • 3 min

    Friday Book Debrief Vol 33

    Every week we’re sharing what our some of our writers are currently reading. For all of our US readers, we now have our own Bookshop! You...
    The Gray Morality of Books
    Cecilia Beard
    • Jul 23, 2020
    • 5 min

    The Gray Morality of Books

    While reading, I now think about where a book stands morally. This is a new phenomenon for me. Previously, I'd inhale a book, think about...
    Thick by Tressie McMillan Cottom
    Marian Perales
    • Jul 22, 2020
    • 4 min

    Thick by Tressie McMillan Cottom

    Public intellectual, sociologist, and National Book Award finalist Tressie McMillan Cottom has written a superb book Thick and Other...
    Death in Her Hands by Ottessa Moshfegh
    Jessica Riches
    • Jul 21, 2020
    • 5 min

    Death in Her Hands by Ottessa Moshfegh

    Moshfegh has perfected what she does, and the curse of becoming a novelist people revere is that they think they understand you.
    Cecilia's Favorite books of 2020 So Far
    Cecilia Beard
    • Jul 20, 2020
    • 2 min

    Cecilia's Favorite books of 2020 So Far

    While 2020 has brought its challenges, it has also brought me the best reading year I’ve had in a long time. Like you, I’ve been inside...
    Friday Book Debrief Vol 32
    Admin
    • Jul 17, 2020
    • 4 min

    Friday Book Debrief Vol 32

    Jacob Tobia, Hanya Yanagihara, Jennifer Weiner, Emily St. John Mandel, Hernán Diaz, Hilary Mantel, Tomi Adeyemi, Bethany C. Morrow & more.
    Black Sunday by Tola Rotimi Abraham
    Akilah White
    • Jul 16, 2020
    • 6 min

    Black Sunday by Tola Rotimi Abraham

    “...men are as the time is: to be tender-minded does not become a sword.” - Shakespeare, King Lear For an episodic novel, selectively...
    Self Care by Leigh Stein
    Jessica Riches
    • Jul 15, 2020
    • 7 min

    Self Care by Leigh Stein

    When reading this review, you might find that I come off a bit angry. I want to make it clear that I’m not mad at Leigh Stein or her...
    Running by Natalia Sylvester
    Karen Salgado
    • Jul 14, 2020
    • 4 min

    Running by Natalia Sylvester

    I can vividly recall the first time I stood up for myself to my mother. It was an inconsequential thing, for most of my childhood my...
    Mel's Favorite Books of 2020 So Far
    Mel Ann Rosenthal
    • Jul 14, 2020
    • 9 min

    Mel's Favorite Books of 2020 So Far

    Last year my boss came up to me at an office party and wanted to talk about books. He asked first if my husband read as much as I did and...
    Friday BOok Debrief Vol 31
    Jessica Maria
    • Jul 10, 2020
    • 2 min

    Friday BOok Debrief Vol 31

    Every week we’re sharing what our some of our writers are currently reading. For all of our US readers, we now have our own Bookshop! You...
    Marian's Favorite Books of 2020 So Far
    Marian Perales
    • Jul 9, 2020
    • 4 min

    Marian's Favorite Books of 2020 So Far

    My year in reading has gotten off to a great start so far. I tend to balance my reading with half fiction (30 titles, 55%) and half...
    Nikki's Favorite Books of 2020 So far
    Nikki Michaels
    • Jul 8, 2020
    • 2 min

    Nikki's Favorite Books of 2020 So far

    Only one of these actually came out this year, and one was published in 1847. A true spectrum. Without ado, the best books I’ve absorbed...
    Melissa's Favorite Books of 2020 So Far
    Melissa Weirick
    • Jul 7, 2020
    • 4 min

    Melissa's Favorite Books of 2020 So Far

    Many people balk when asked what their favorite anything is, but I love picking favorites. The first question I ask when I walk out of a...
    Maggie's Favorite Books of 2020 So Far
    Maggie Briana Chidester
    • Jul 6, 2020
    • 7 min

    Maggie's Favorite Books of 2020 So Far

    Howdy hoes, 2020 is halfway over and I am a delightfully stressed-out mix of hallefrickenlujah and “HOW?!?!?!?” I had an incredibly long...
    Friday Book Debrief Vol 30
    Jessica Maria
    • Jul 4, 2020
    • 4 min

    Friday Book Debrief Vol 30

    Every week we’re sharing what our some of our writers are currently reading. For all of our US readers, we now have our own Bookshop! You...
    The Orange Grove by Kate Murdoch
    Iva Mihalic
    • Jul 2, 2020
    • 4 min

    The Orange Grove by Kate Murdoch

    To begin with – I adore the Baroque and Rococo era, the Enlightenment, the art, the architecture, the intellectual atmosphere, the whole...
    This is How We Change the Ending by Vikki Wakefield
    Courtney Dyer
    • Jul 1, 2020
    • 4 min

    This is How We Change the Ending by Vikki Wakefield

    Nate McKee is a worrier in a worrying world. We know that, he knows that, but is there really that much he can do about it? Wakefield...
    Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
    Jessica Maria
    • Jun 30, 2020
    • 5 min

    Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

    Growing up, I spent a lot of summers with my extended family in Panama. The months my brother and I were not in school were also the...
    Are Times a-Changin'? Racism, Social Protest, and Reform
    Marian Perales
    • Jun 29, 2020
    • 15 min

    Are Times a-Changin'? Racism, Social Protest, and Reform

    The Cry Heard Round the World: I Can’t Breathe!
    A Silent Fury by Yuri Herrera
    Jessica Maria
    • Jun 28, 2020
    • 4 min

    A Silent Fury by Yuri Herrera

    Mexican writer Yuri Herrera is mostly known for works of fiction, but his latest release is his first non-fiction book. A Silent Fury is...
    Friday Book Debrief Vol 29
    Admin
    • Jun 26, 2020
    • 4 min

    Friday Book Debrief Vol 29

    Bernadine Evaristo, Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Audre Lorde, Emily Brontë, Bryan Washington, Zinzi Clemmons, Arturo Islas, Hank Green & more.
    Untethered by Hayley Katzen
    Courtney Dyer
    • Jun 25, 2020
    • 4 min

    Untethered by Hayley Katzen

    Untethered is the memoir of Hayley Katzen, an academic turned ‘farmer's wife’ and her search for home, while she ponders ideas of...
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