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Prom Mom by Laura Lippman
fiction / mystery / suspense / review

Prom Mom by Laura Lippman

Posted on January 23, 2023 by Rachel • 1 Comment

I’m going to start by saying that Prom Mom doesn’t come out until July but I was lucky enough to get an ARC on Netgalley. I wanted to write this while the book was fresh in my mind–as soon it was downloaded I started reading. Continue reading →

Weaving Rag Rugs: A Women’s Craft in Western Maryland by Geraldine Niva Johnson
crafts / nonfiction / review

Weaving Rag Rugs: A Women’s Craft in Western Maryland by Geraldine Niva Johnson

Posted on October 24, 2022 by Rachel • 1 Comment

I enjoyed Weaving Rag Rugs, I think it was her PhD thesis, but I never felt like she answered why rag rug weaving has/had such a stronghold in this particular county in Maryland. Or if it’s not more popular there than in other areas, why chose to focus here? I did get a feel of … Continue reading →

Dear Fran, Love Dulcie: Life and Death in the Hills and Hollows of Bygone Australia published by Victoria Twead
letters / review

Dear Fran, Love Dulcie: Life and Death in the Hills and Hollows of Bygone Australia published by Victoria Twead

Posted on August 17, 2022 by Rachel • 1 Comment

This was a wild ride. Someone on a message board had said they read it and I was intrigued because I watch and read a lot of Australian content but it’s all fictional. I thought it would be interesting to see what life was really like back in rural Australia 70 or so years ago. … Continue reading →

The Family Game by Catherine Steadman
fiction / mystery / review

The Family Game by Catherine Steadman

Posted on July 14, 2022 by Rachel • 1 Comment

The Family Game is just such a fun book—an orphan novelist gets swept up by a wealthy man and his games-obsessed, insular family. Chaos ensues. Really a fun twist on the thriller genre with a little book within a book going on. Is it the best book in the entire world? Maybe not but it … Continue reading →

All Her Little Secrets by Wanda M. Morris
fiction / mystery / review

All Her Little Secrets by Wanda M. Morris

Posted on February 3, 2022 by Rachel • 1 Comment

I liked  All Her Little Secrets well enough. I liked the characters. I thought the storyline was clever and the mystery wasn’t too mysterious but it was fairly well-paced even with the flashbacks. A few things bothered me. I was puzzled why the single section from Sam’s point of view was basically a spoiler for … Continue reading →

Crushing: An Illustrated Misadventure in Love and Loneliness by Sophie Burrows
graphic novel / review

Crushing: An Illustrated Misadventure in Love and Loneliness by Sophie Burrows

Posted on January 11, 2022 by Rachel • Leave a comment

I’ve been on a big graphic memoir kick lately! I read eight in a single week in December and am trying to make a real effort to keep up with graphic novels. There are so many good ones written by women out there! I loved Crushing! It’s not a memoir but a sort of sad-sweet … Continue reading →

Everything I Have Is Yours: A Marriage by Eleanor Henderson
memoir / review

Everything I Have Is Yours: A Marriage by Eleanor Henderson

Posted on August 13, 2021 by Rachel • Leave a comment

Oh my. I have so many thoughts on this book. I must have requested it a while back because it popped up on publication day in the Libby app to download. I didn’t really remember what it was about but it had a cool cover, it said the woman’s novel was a NYT bestseller and … Continue reading →

The Two Lives of Lydia Bird by Josie Silver
fiction

The Two Lives of Lydia Bird by Josie Silver

Posted on January 13, 2020 by Rachel • Leave a comment

What a clever idea for a novel! Who doesn’t wonder what their other life could be if things went differently? I felt like Lydia was a fully developed character as was Jonah but I didn’t see what the appeal of Freddie was. When they stayed together in her “sleep”, they didn’t seem to have anything … Continue reading →

The Hate U Give  by Angie Thomas
fiction

The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

Posted on September 19, 2017 by Rachel • Leave a comment

The Hate U Give caught my eye back before it was released in late February thanks to the 2Pac reference in the title but I just was able to download it to my Kindle from the library this week. It was as good as I hoped. The story of Starr, a black girl going to … Continue reading →

Sweet Bean Paste by Durian Sukegawa
fiction / food / literary fiction

Sweet Bean Paste by Durian Sukegawa

Posted on August 12, 2017 by Rachel • Leave a comment

I’ve read a few books the last couple of days but Sweet Bean Paste by Durian Sukegawa was my favorite. Translated from Japanese, it is the story of a reluctant dorayaki (a type of pancake filled with sweet bean paste) chef who against his initial impulse hires a woman in her mid-70s to help out at the dorayaki … Continue reading →

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