recommendations and reviews for the aspiring reader

recommendations and reviews for the aspiring reader


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Review: All-American Muslim Girl

Review: All-American Muslim Girl

All-American Muslim Girl by Nadine Jolie Courtney   In the newest novel by Nadine Jolie Courtney, a teenage girl named Allie learns to embrace and accept a part of her that many don’t understand. Her journey is one woven with threads of many colors: the […]

Review : My Favorite Half-Night Stand

Review : My Favorite Half-Night Stand

My Favorite Half-Night Stand by Christina Lauren Millie Morris likes to look at her life as a cup half-full. Preferably, half-full of the best coffee around. Nearly everything she needs is comfortably within her reach, and for those few things that are a little too […]

Review: Once Upon A Bad Boy

Review: Once Upon A Bad Boy

Once Upon a Bad Boy by Melonie Johnson   In a world drenched in fame and fortune, Sadie has learned the hard way that not all that glitters is … well, gold. Sadie Gold grew up with privilege, not that she had any choice of […]

Review: The Perfect Date

Review: The Perfect Date

The Perfect Date by Evelyn Lozada with Holly Lorincz   Angel Gomez is doing her best to make things work. Most of the time, she feels like a complete failure. Between making rent, keeping her growing son in shoes that fit, scraping together enough coins […]

Review: Bring the Rain

Review: Bring the Rain

Bring the Rain by JoAnn Franklin   While facing age is hardly ever easy – even for those who are happy to accept this new path of their life freely – the transition into a later chapter in life can prove to be even more […]

Review: Dutch Girl

Review: Dutch Girl

Dutch Girl : Audrey Hepburn and World War II by Robert Matzen   Anyone who knows me knows that I’m borderline obsessed with anything related to Audrey Hepburn. I’ve seen all the films. I’ve read all the books. I own a ton of the cool […]

Review: The House Children

Review: The House Children

The House Children by Heidi Daniele   Mary Margaret Joyce belongs to no one. And no one belongs to her. The night she was rescued from a shuttered barn by the friendly face of a young woman she vaguely knew, Mary was sure she’d finally […]

Review: When We Left Cuba

Review: When We Left Cuba

When We Left Cuba by Chanel Cleeton   “Tonight, I looked at myself in the mirror, and it occurred to me that perhaps adulthood has come not with a white gown and a view thrust upon me against my wishes, but rather in this moment, […]

Review: Sinner

Review: Sinner

Sinner by Christopher Graves   So, I’ll preface this review by disclosing the fact that I’ve read a lot of thrillers. I’ve also read some horror. And I’ve read some twisted psychological novels that left me feeling dirty and shaking my head like … “what […]

Review: Willa of the Wood

Review: Willa of the Wood

Willa of the Wood by Robert Beatty   Willa can blend. She can disappear. She can bend the wood to her very will, feeling the drum of it deep in her bones. She can move like a snake, silent and cunning. The very soil of […]