Miracle Creek is a shocking literary courtroom drama
Angie Kim does an amazing job at balancing multiple perspectives without bogging readers down in legal drama. Instead, Kim uses the trial at
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Celeste Ng sets Little Fires Everywhere and I'm Here for It
Just as she did in "Everything I Never Told You," Celeste Ng creates heart-stopping drama through close character studies of each
Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng: a review
Celeste Ng's debut novel, Everything I Never Told You, is a dive into the Asian-American experience in the American Midwest during the 1
Daisy Jones & the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
If you're looking for a sex, drugs, and rock n'roll storyline, then this is your book. Taylor Jenkins Reid breathes new life into a
Immigration & Identitiy: The Leavers by Lisa Ko
Lisa Ko's debut novel is a story that is not bound to one demographic or country. It's a story that spans centuries and that persist
Sisters in Crime: a review of My Sister, the Serial Killer
From the very first page Oyinkan Braithwaite's novel, My Sister, the Serial Killer, is fast-paced and fueled by anxiety, resentment and
Read-a-likes for Sadie by Courtney Summers
If you haven't heard the buzz surrounding Sadie by Courtney Summers, then be sure to visit last week's Wonder Reads post! At its core, Sadie is a story about a young woman who has had a difficult life. She has made a decision to leave it all behind to find and kill the man who took away the only person she'd ever loved (her younger sister Mattie). As I read my way through Sadie, I began to think of other stories I'd read about young women and girls faced with difficult lives,
Sadie: a book for crime podcast fanatics
If you're a crime podcast fanatic, then Sadie by Courtney Summers needs to be on your audio-TBR list. All anyone knows is that Sadie went missing shortly after her sister Mattie was found dead. The book opens with Wes McCray, the host of a podcast called, "The Girls," which attempts to uncover the truth behind Sadie Hunter's disappearance. From the first episode, McCray attempts to retrace Sadie's steps for listeners. Interspersed between these chapters is a narrative from S
Maid in America: Poverty and Invisibility
Stephanie Land recounts her life as a poor, white, single mother on welfare in her memoir Maid. Land became a mother in her early twenties, and after leaving her daughter's father due to his increasingly violent and abusive behavior, she was forced to flee to a homeless shelter before receiving living assistance from the U.S. government. The assistance was meager. Her living situations weren't the best. At one point, she suffered under the grip of black mold in a studio apart
From Junkyard to PhD: Educated by Tara Westover
At age 17, Tara Westover found herself at a crossroads: without a formal education she faced an uphill battle if she wanted a life beyond her father's junkyard. In her memoir, Educated, readers learn that Westover was born into a devout Mormon family led by a patriarch who viewed government-mandated education and healthcare with fanatical skepticism. Raised on a remote mountainside in Idaho with her 7 siblings, Westover would never step into a proper classroom as a child. Mir
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