Recipes for Love and Murder by Sally Andrew (reread) Looking for Me: …in This Great Big Family by Betsy R. Rosenthal (cute and local) Sweet Days of Discipline by Fleur Jaeggy with Tim Parks (Translator) (eh) The Scammer by Tiffany D. Jackson (unraveled at the end) Julie Chan Is Dead by Liann Zhang (forgettable) Blood … Continue reading
I had high hopes but Hunger Like a Thirst didn’t flow well and was frustrating to read.. It was largely chronological but then she’d throw in some random essays Her mother left her minor sister with them early in their marriage and her career and then didn’t give them financial support. I would have liked … Continue reading
If it wasn’t for some dark themes I would have thought this book was written for children. The writing is very simplistic. Everyone’s thought process is very black and white. The bad men are very bad. The influencers are all liars. The prairie is vast. It is an odd choice to write about influencers when … Continue reading
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This may be my favorite book of 2025 so far! I loved the New Zealand setting. I felt like I was eating sausages right along with them. It did a great job of having a child narrator without it feeling childish or too all knowing. It really hit all the parts of childhood—family dynamics and … Continue reading
I enjoyed We Don’t Talk about Carol but at times it was a bit convoluted and sprawling. I’m not sure if the pregnancy storyline was needed or fit. It took away momentum from her family of origin story, the story of these missing Black girls and the investigation. I liked the main character and she … Continue reading
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You can always count on Miranda to have a busy plot with a lot of characters but to tie up loose ends. This book was no different. I enjoyed the townie vs college dynamics and how she touched on being a relatively young mother of a college student when some of her peers have elementary … Continue reading
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