Month: January 2018
Recommendation: Passenger
Passenger by Alexandra Bracken Passage, n. i. A brief section of music composed of a series of notes and flourishes. ii. A journey by water; a voyage. iii. The transition from one place to another, across space and time. There are some fantasy worlds […]
Review: Need to Know
Need to Know by Karen Cleveland When Vivian Miller woke up that morning, the sun dawned a day just like the ones before it. As always, she woke up from her slumber immediately wracked by the perpetual mom-guilt that clung to her like humidity […]
Review: Carnegie’s Maid
Carnegie’s Maid by Marie Benedict Arriving on the pungent and crowded dock after a tumultuous voyage across the sea, Clara Kelley was happy to finally see the land she’d dreamed so much of. An immigrant from Ireland to America, she came to this new […]
Recommendation: The Son
The Son by Philipp Meyer ” He was no better. His people had stolen the land from the Indians, and yet he did not think of that even for an instant – he thought only of the Texans who had stolen it from his people. […]
Review: This is Not a Love Letter
The is Not a Love Letter by Kim Purcell As an avid reader, I look for a lot of things in the novels that I choose to spend my time with. Reading is not merely a job for me, it is a way of […]
Recommendation: China Rich Girlfriend
China Rich Girlfriend by Kevin Kwan ” If you want to know what God thinks of money, just look at the people he gave it to. “ — Dorothy Parker Happy New Year, friends! My first recommendation of the new year is the second […]