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May 18, 2022
Memory and Desire by Gregory Luce
Source: Purchased Paperback, 38 pgs. I am an Amazon Affiliate Memory and Desire by Gregory Luce is an undulating collection of poems filled with the roller coaster ride of desire and love, but also the tricky thing we call memory. The opening poem, “Desire,” speaks of an empty vessel that is filled and emptied, flowing […]
May 17, 2022
The Drowning House by John Sibley Williams
Source: the poet Paperback, 102 pgs. I am an Amazon Affiliate The Drowning House by John Sibley Williams digs deep into masculinity’s myths and confronts its history of violence and of atrocities committed against people of different backgrounds. It is a look at America’s past that is coming into the light and begs us to […]
May 16, 2022
Mailbox Monday #683
Mailbox Monday has become a tradition in the blogging world, and many of us thank Marcia of The Printed Page for creating it. It now has its own blog where book bloggers can link up their own mailbox posts and share which books they bought or which they received for review from publishers, authors, and […]
May 12, 2022
The No-Show by Beth O’Leary (audio)
Source: Purchased Audiobook, 10+ hours I am an Amazon Affiliate The cover of The No-Show by Beth O’Leary, narrated by Evanna Lynch, Heather Long, Kathryn Drysdale, and Luke Thompson, is misleading. O’Leary’s latest is not a ron-com; it is far more serious. Each of these women — Siobhan, Miranda, and Jane — is stood up […]
May 11, 2022
Don’t You Forget About Me by Mhairi McFarlane (audio)
Source: Purchased Audiobook, 10+ hrs I am an Amazon Affiliate Don’t You Forget About Me by Mhairi McFarlane, narrated by Madeline Gould, begins in school with Georgina, who is voted most likely to succeed, struggling to stay just popular enough and not as popular as other kids in her class. When her teacher realizes she […]
May 10, 2022
The Switch by Beth O’Leary (audio)
Source: Purchased Audiobook, 10+ hrs. I am an Amazon Affiliate The Switch by Beth O’Leary, narrated by Alison Steadman and Daisy Edgar-Jones, finds Leena Cotton agreeing to swap lives, computers, and phones with her grandmother, Eileen Cotton, in Yorkshire. The swap has Leena stepping back from her cutting edge technology and fast-paced life, while Eileen […]
May 9, 2022
Mailbox Monday #682
Mailbox Monday has become a tradition in the blogging world, and many of us thank Marcia of The Printed Page for creating it. It now has its own blog where book bloggers can link up their own mailbox posts and share which books they bought or which they received for review from publishers, authors, and […]
May 5, 2022
Bloomsbury Girls by Natalie Jenner
Source: Publisher Hardcover, 368 pgs. I am an Amazon Affiliate Bloomsbury Girls by Natalie Jenner is set in post-war England when women are looking to hold onto the freedoms they’ve gained as the men became soldiers. Evie Stone, from her previous book The Jane Austen Society (check out my review), is one of the women […]
May 4, 2022
The Flatshare by Beth O’Leary (audio)
Source: Purchased Audible, 9+ hrs. I am an Amazon Affiliate The Flatshare by Beth O’Leary, narrated by Carrie Hope Fletcher and Kwaku Fortune, Tiffy Moore is a woman who has been chucked out of an apartment she shared with her boyfriend Justin. She’s got a small budget, so she has few options that don’t involve […]
May 3, 2022
The Road Trip by Beth O’Leary (audio)
Source: Purchased Audible, 10+ hrs. I am an Amazon Affiliate The Road Trip by Beth O’Leary, narrated by Josh Dylan and Eleanor Tomlinson, has the makings of a light, fun romantic read, but there are dark edges of depression, alcoholism, and sexual assault that make this a more serious novel than expected. Dylan and Addie […]
