Book Reviews

Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata

Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata

Convenience Story Woman by Sayaka Murata, translated by Ginny Tapley…

Mel
May 3, 2020
The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating and coffee cup on a pine background

The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating by Elizabeth Tova Bailey

I read The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating by…

Mel
March 24, 2020
Photo of They Were Her Property by Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers on a pink print book sleeve with a blue pencil on pine background

They Were Her Property by Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers

In They Were Her Property: White Women as Slave Owners…

Mel
February 10, 2020
Screenshot of the page for My Sister, The Serial Killer

My Sister the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite

My Sister the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite was the…

Mel
February 4, 2020
Image of An American Sunrise: Poems by Joy Harjo on a pink, yellow, turquoise book sleeve on a purple and turquoise yoga mat on a wood floor

An American Sunrise by Joy Harjo

In An American Sunrise: Poems, Joy Harjo reappropriates a portion…

Mel
February 1, 2020
Photo of the book Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardinef Evaristo on a light purple yoga mat on wood flooring

Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo

There are favorite books and then there are Lifetime Favorite…

Mel
January 29, 2020
The illustrated kids book Freedom Soup on a linen cloth background. The book shows a Haitian grandmother in a yellow dress and a little Haitian girl in white dancing with a spice shaker in a kitchen.

Freedom Soup by Tami Charles

Freedom Soup written by Tami Charles and illustrated by Jacqueline…

Mel
January 18, 2020
2019 Favorite Books with collage of cover shots

2019 Favorites!

These book are my favorite for various reasons and are…

Mel
January 4, 2020
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