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
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
Review by Cass Rating: 5 out of 5 catsRecommended for: Fantasy Nerds Warning: Spoilers and Novel Summary Ahead This fantastical world created by Cinda Williams Chima is full of magic, unpredictable twists, and scheming politics. This book 1 (of 4) takes place in the Seven Realms with the 2 main characters of Hanson Alister and … Continue reading Review: The Demon King
