Rating: 5/5 Cats Recommended for: Anyone craving a timeless fantasy Reviewed by: Cassandra Rai Warning: Spoilers Ahead (for those who don't already know this classic storyline) Onto the next novel, Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets. The fantasy world of Hogwarts keeps you hooked in this next installment and will keep you wanting to … Continue reading Review: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Review by Mary Kat Rating: 😻😻😻😻 /5Recommend for: Fans of Margaret Atwood, The Power by Naomi Alderman, or other feminist novels Women Talking Is Exactly That Intro Women Talking by Miriam Toews is a slight book that takes on massive, heady ideas and a violent history. The novel has a real-life inspiration: from 2005-2009, Mennonite … Continue reading Review: Women Talking // Is Exactly That
Rating: 5/5 Cats Recommended for: All and Everyone Reviewed by: Cassandra Rai Enjoying reading with some brews Today we dive into the wondering world of wizardry with the timeless classic, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (book 1). These novels are so popular and with good reason. J.K. Rowling starts the series off with the … Continue reading Review: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
Review by Mary Kat Rating: 😻😻😻😻😻/5 Recommends for: Fans of beautiful writing and those interested in learning more about Native American experiences What do you think of my Book Nook? Intro There There by Tommy Orange is a masterpiece and a sucker punch in one. To be straight up, this book had me wrecked. Shook … Continue reading Review: There There // A Masterpiece and Sucker Punch In One
Review by Cassandra Rai Rating: 5/5 cats Recommended for: Those who love Syfy (hello cyborgs), Fantasy (in the future plus some aliens), and Romance (ahh young love) Warning: Spoilers and Novel Summary Ahead Young adult science fiction and fantasy readers rejoice in this captivating tale written by Marissa Meyer. I've always been a fan of … Continue reading Review: Cinder (the Lunar Chronicles)
Review by Mary Kat Rating: 😻😻😻😻 /5Recommend for: Fans of Dept. of Speculation by Jenny Offill Grief and a Great Dane Intro The Friend by Sigrid Nunez is a novel about grief, writing, and the companionship of a great dane. After a beloved friend commits suicide, our narrator is unmoored and lost without a clear … Continue reading Review: The Friend // Grief and a Great Dane
Review by Mary Kat Rating: 😻😻😻😻 /5 Recommend for: Fans of Swamplandia! by Karen Russell, the movie Beasts of the Southern Wild, and others who like to immerse themselves in the atmosphere of the Southern coast My remake: Where the Bubbles Sing A Love Letter to the Marsh Intro Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia … Continue reading Review: Where the Crawdads Sing // A Love Letter to the Marsh
Post by: Cass There are two places I love to lose myself into: the reality of books and the natural world. While I love to get immersed into books and travel to wondrous worlds/universes that don't exist or become invested in characters as if we were the closest of friends, there is nothing quite like … Continue reading Photo Diary: Finding Peace in Nature
Post by Mary Kat Summer is my favorite time of the year. The sun is out, the days are long, and the weather practically requires pool time. When the sun sets at 9 PM, I can find endless ways to make the most of the day: biking downtown, picking fresh local produce, swimming off the … Continue reading Photo Diary: For the Love of Summer
Review by Mary Kat Rating: 😻😻😻😻 /5Recommend for: Fans of classic British mysteries A Russian Doll of Mysteries Intro Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz is a veritable Russian nesting doll of a book. The novel is first introduced by a fictional book editor Susan Ryeland, but her pages -- a puzzling introduction warning about a … Continue reading Review: Magpie Murders // A Russian Doll of Mysteries
