I've talked about this a few times, but I accidentally discovered the Book Girls Guide late last year and decided I had to do their In Case You Missed It Backlist Challenge. I mean, what better way to get back into the bookish world than by getting a curated list of backlist for the years you ...
Fiction / Coming of Age
BOOK REVIEW: Dear Edward by Ann Napolitano
Another find from The Book Girls Guide, and honestly, I have no idea what words are right now. I've never read Ann Napolitano before, but I know this will not be the last book I read by her. Honestly, this may be the most disjointed book reaction I ever write and also might be the shortest . . . ...
BOOK REVIEW: Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
I just don’t get the hype.  It felt a bit like a smidge of The Blue Lagoon meets a heaping serving of Nell and a cuppa Good Will Hunting.  This isn’t one of those situations where I didn’t get the hype and don’t like the book.  It’s a good book, a solid story really, and I enjoyed it, but the hype . ...
BOOK REVIEW: The Crooked Path by Irma Joubert
The drawbacks I had with Child of the River were much less prevalent in The Crooked Path. Â I think partly as Child was audio book and this was eBook, but also I think this one was less political, and I was somewhat already introduced to some of the non-American names and places prior, so it clicked ...
BOOK REVIEW: Child of the River by Irma Joubert
I think, for me, something got lost in translation with this book. First, the book was translated to English, then I picked up the audio version, and here I am feeling like I missed something big and broad. But I did get the smaller and important . . . I think. Set in South ...