Tag: book review
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A Woman is No Man
Book Review: A Woman is No Man by Etaf Rum There are some books that manage to rip your heart out, filling you with grief for the characters, and then they give you hope for the future at their conclusion. A Woman is No Man is one of these books. Told from the viewpoint of…
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Of Mice and Men
Book Review: “Of Mice and Men” by John Steinbeck I should have known better. I’ve heard enough pop culture references to “Of Mice and Men” that I am familiar with the story. But dang it, the ending just wrecked me. In fact, the entire book stomped on my emotions. Lennie just wants to love and…
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The Fire Next Time
Book Review: “The Fire Next Time” by James Baldwin I really enjoyed Baldwin’s essays in “The Fire Next Time.” The powerful subject matter of racial discrimination made me hurt and think, two actions that only a truly amazing writer can impart on a reader. I must admit I knew very little about Baldwin before I…
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Party of Two? No, Thank You.
Book Review: Party of Two by Jasmine Guillory I’ve slowly stopped being a fan of rom-com reads over the past decade, so I didn’t pick up Party of Two with the expectation of loving it. But, having enjoyed The Wedding Date a couple of years ago, I figured another Guillory book would be an entertaining…
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Book Review: Confessions of a Prairie Bitch
“Confessions of a Prairie Bitch: How I Survived Nellie Oleson and Learned to Love Being Hated” by Alison Arngrim I wanted to enjoy this memoir so much more than I did. Alison Arngrim will forever be engrained in American pop culture as the evil Nellie Oleson on the 1970s/1980s tv show Little House on the…
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