Everything I Read in 2019
Okay, not everything. (You can check out my Goodreads for that.) But I’m hoping that by the end of this post, you will get a sense of how the year…
Okay, not everything. (You can check out my Goodreads for that.) But I’m hoping that by the end of this post, you will get a sense of how the year…
Impeachment szn is here, and boy is it depressing! Here’s the cure: Dave Eggers’ new novella. (At least I think it counts as a novella, feel free to politely correct.)…
Ha! Got you! Ironic, right? (I love literature; write to your heart’s content.) I have been a lifelong (well, since middle school) proponent of NaNoWriMo. I believe strongly in the…
The Grace Year by Kim Liggett Summary SURVIVE THE YEAR. No one speaks of the grace year. It’s forbidden. In Garner County, girls are told they have the power to…
Had a long weekend off from school so went to see my love, who lives in England. Do I recommend a trip across the ocean done in four days?…
Frankly in Love Summary High school senior Frank Li is a Limbo–his term for Korean-American kids who find themselves caught between their parents’ traditional expectations and their own Southern California…
The Reason You're Alive Summary After sixty-eight-year-old David Granger crashes his BMW, medical tests reveal a brain tumor that he readily attributes to his wartime Agent Orange exposure. He wakes…
Miracle Creek Summary How far will you go to protect your family? Will you keep their secrets? Ignore their lies? In a small town in Virginia, a group of people…
Dominicana Summary Fifteen-year-old Ana Cancion never dreamed of moving to America, the way the girls she grew up with in the Dominican countryside did. But when Juan Ruiz proposes and…
The Museum of Modern Love Summary A mesmerising literary novel about a lost man in search of connection - a meditation on love, art and commitment, set against the backdrop…