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Mailbox Monday #749

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 […]

Tender Is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica (audio)

Source: Purchased Audiobook, 6+ hrs. I am an Amazon Affiliate Tender Is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica, narrated by Joseph Balderrama, is a translated work in which a dystopian world of cannibalism emerges after a virus makes all other meat inedible. Marcos is the main character who is the supervisor of the local “specialty meat” […]

Mailbox Monday #748

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 […]

Literary Hill BookFest 2023

What: Literary Hill BookFest 2023 Who: 40+ Capitol Hill authors, booksellers, and literary organizations When: THIS WEEKEND! Sunday, September 17, 2023, 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Where: The North Hall at Eastern Market, Capitol Hill Why: To showcase local authors and Capitol Hill-based booksellers, publishers, and other literary organizations and celebrate the Hill as a […]

Dancehall by Tim Stobierski

Source: the poet Paperback, 90 pgs. I am an Amazon Affiliate Dancehall by Tim Stobierski, touring with Poetic Book Tours, is a collection in a five-act play format with poems that crescendo into an unforgettable love story. Stobierski’s poems are tender and full of emotion. In Act One, you’ll be enchanted by “Just as Sparrows,” […]

Inheritance by Taylor Johnson

Source: Gift Paperback, 100 pgs. I am an Amazon Affiliate Inheritance by Taylor Johnson, who is Takoma Park, Maryland’s Poet Laureate, is deceptively quiet. It opens with a poem, “Since I Quit That Internet Service,” that speaks to community and finding your voice. It is such a hopeful beginning to a collection that delves into […]

The Five-Star Weekend by Elin Hilderbrand (audio)

Source: Purchased Audiobook, 12+ hrs. I am an Amazon Affiliate The Five-Star Weekend by Elin Hilderbrand, narrated by Erin Bennett, is a rich person’s vacation but what anchors this weekend in reality is the relationships between these different women in Hollis Shaw’s life and the fractured relationship Shaw has with her daughter, Caroline. A tragic […]

Remembering 9/11

(Photo credit: Lerone Pieters on Unsplash) Sept. 11, 2001, was a journalist’s nightmare. Working in an office and waiting on copyedits from a client in New York City that day was not only surreal, but also devastating. Realizing that people you may have never met in person but worked with daily were no longer at […]

Mailbox Monday #747

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 […]

Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto

Source: Borrowed Hardcover, 352 pgs. I am an Amazon Affiliate Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto is just what you would expect it to be, especially given that fantastic cover. Vera Wong gets up at 4 a.m. every morning to start her day with texts to her adult son, Tilly, and […]