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The Other Mother by Rachel M. Harper
“Yes, of course. It is always him they want to know about—the father, not the other mother.” The Other Mother is an affecting and nuanced multigenerational tale unearthing long-buried family histories. The author’s interrogation of motherhood challenges the heteronormative archetype of the nuclear family, as she focuses on the experiences, choices, and parenting of single-women…
1990s, 2000s, 2010s, 3.5 STARS, 3rd pov, addiction, Adult, America, AMERICAN AUTHOR, Black & Black heritage authors, BOOK REVIEW, BOOK REVIEWS, break-ups, campus, Contemporary, drama, f/f, family, FAMILY SAGA, fathers & daughters, female authors, FLORIDA, forgiveness, gay, grandfathers, GRIEF, heartbreak/breakups, identity, LESBIAN, lgbtq+, LGBTQ+ Author, LITERARY FICTION, Longing, Miami, motherhood, mothers & sons, musicians, My reviews, New England, parenting, Providence, published in 2022, queer, Rachel M. Harper, read in 2022, reading, rhode island, siblings, The Other Mother, UNIVERSITY/COLLEGE, unrequited love -
The Witch’s Hand by Nathan Page
The main reason why I read The Witch’s Hand was Maggie Stiefvater’s 5-star review for it (what can I say, I trust in Stiefvater). And I’m so glad I did! Way back when I had an ahem Scooby-Doo phase (not only did I watch 20+ Scooby-Doo animated films but I also ended up devouring the…
1960s, 4 STARS, America, American, BOOK REVIEW, BOOK REVIEWS, Booklr, brothers, canadian artist, canadian author, cliques, DETECTIVE, Drew Shannon, FANTASY, gay, ghosts/spirits, Graphic Novels, HISTORICAL FICTION, lgbtq+, light reads, MAGIC, male artists, male authors, MYSTERY, Nathan Page, New England, occult, PARANORMAL, published in 2020, read in 2021, SMALL TOWN, summer reads, SUPERNATURAL, The Witch's Hand, twins, uplifting reads, WITCHES, YOUNG ADULT -
Life Among the Savages by Shirley Jackson — book review
Life Among the Savages is a collection of comic essays by Shirley Jackson originally published in women’s magazines. Rather than a memoir Life Among the Savages reads as a series of episodes focusing on Jackson’s chaotic family life: children squabbling, disagreements with other parents, daily chores, and family dinners. Jackson renders the cacophony of her…
1950s, 1st pov, 20th century, 3.5 STARS, America, American, AMERICAN AUTHOR, american classics, AUTOBIOGRAPHY, BOOK REVIEW, books about writers, CLASSICS, family, favourite authors, female authors, HUMOR, Life Among the Savages, light reads, MARRIAGE, MEMOIR, modern classics, motherhood, New England, published in 1953, read in 2020, SHIRLEY JACKSON, SLICE OF LIFE -
The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern — book review
secret libraries + magical doors + stories within stories within stories = my kind of book “A boy at the beginning of a story has no way of knowing that the story has begun.” This is the type of book that readers will either love or hater. Its playful style and recursive storytelling are definitely…
3.75 stars, academia, Adult, adventure, America, American, AMERICAN AUTHOR, big books, BOOK REVIEWS, Booklr, books about books, Erin Morgenstern, FAIRY TALES, FANTASY, female authors, Hyped new releases, lgbtq+, librarians, libraries/bookshops, m/m, MAGIC, MAGICAL DOORS, MAGICAL REALISM, metafiction, New England, NEW YORK, portal fantasy, published in 2019, queer, READ IN 2019, story within a story, The Starless Sea, UNIVERSITY/COLLEGE -
Summer by Edith Wharton — book review
Although short Summer is an interesting read. Feelings and actions are obliquely revealed or hinted at, so much so that many of the decisive events that our ‘heroine’ Charity experiences are only alluded to or described in an indirect fashion. Because of this, the changing dynamics between the various characters can at times be hard…
1910s, 20th century, 3.25 stars, 3rd pov, age gap, America, American, AMERICAN AUTHOR, american classics, bad love, beautiful prose, class, CLASSICS, Edith Wharton, favourite authors, female authors, HISTORICAL FICTION, Longing, New England, NOVELLA/SHORT STORY, published in 1917, READ IN 2019, ROMANCE, SOCIAL COMMENTARY, Summer, tragedy -
Bunny: A Novel by Mona Awad — book review
There are those bizarre and experimental books that manage to be entertaining, transgressive, and on occasion even thought-provoking. And then, there are books like Bunny whose weirdness largely rests on overusing the word bunny(which appears approximately 350 times, one time too many). An intentionally silly story that owes more to Scream Queens and The Babysitter…
2 STARS, academia, America, BOOK REVIEW, Booklr, books about books, books about writers, BOOKS ON WRITING, bunny, bunny: a novel, campus, canada, canadian author, cliques, Contemporary, dark academia, dark humor, female authors, feverish, heathers, horrible friends, HORROR, Hyped new releases, mona awad, New England, playful style, published in 2019, rant review, READ IN 2019, REVIEW, style over character, stylised prose, UNIVERSITY/COLLEGE, weird fiction, why the hype
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