We loved covering the entire living room walls with our drawings. (left: my sister, right: me!) I spent my childhood in both the US and Korea and moved frequently. At one point, I attended three different middle schools in two countries. Adjusting to different cultures wasn’t easy. I felt happiest and safest at home, especially […]
The Au Pair Affair by Tessa Bailey on July 16, 2024 Genres: Fiction / Romance / Contemporary, Fiction / Romance / Romantic Comedy, Fiction / Romance / Sports, Fiction / Women Pages: 384 Format: Paperback Buy on Amazon Goodreads Tallulah is smart, vivacious, and studying to be a marine biologist. She’s also twenty-six and broke. […]
d Sisterhood in All Its Messy Glory You know that feeling when you finish a book and it’s like you’ve just said goodbye to old friends? That’s exactly how I felt after turning the last page of Coco Mellors’ “Blue Sisters.” This novel, um, it’s not just a story – it’s a freaking rollercoaster ride […]
The Crocodile by Fyodor Dostoevsky was first published in 1865 in his magazine Epoch. It is a work of satire, an unusual but amusing tale about a man swallowed by a crocodile with a serious message about economics and communism. This post may contain affiliate links that earn us a commission at no extra cost […]
Auraria by Tab Stephens Genre: Fantasy / Romance ISBN: 9798891323537 Print Length: 286 pages Publisher: Atmosphere Press Buy from Amazon Buy from Bookshop Reviewed by Andrea Marks-Joseph Imaginative magic systems & genuine chemistry drives this fantasy tale rich with royal drama. Princess Elisa’s family drama (mostly through her uncle’s greed and violent desperation for the […]
Immune Heroes by Namita Gandhi, PhD Genre: Children’s Picture Book / Science ISBN: 9781917095211 Print Length: 36 pages Buy from Amazon Reviewed by Jaylynn Korrell An entertaining, useful book to help kids learn about cuts, scrapes, and the healing process It’s only right that I cut my finger on the day that I started reading […]
As a journalist, I wrote many true stories long before the idea of writing nonfiction for children crossed my mind. I was a junior in college back in 2006 when I joined the editorial team at LasMayores.com, the Spanish-language website of Major League Baseball. Since then, I’ve been translating and producing articles and writing original […]
Title: Mirror Mirror, Tell Me Who I Am Author: Jacob Eapen Genre: Self-help In Mirror Mirror, Tell Me Who I Am, Jacob Eapen writes a self-help book in the form of a story. We meet James, a dad and husband struggling with finding satisfaction in his career as he recovers from a debilitating… […]
The Curse of Maiden Scars by Nicolette Croft Genre: Historical Fiction / Women’s Fiction ISBN: 9781962465403 Print Length: 288 pages Buy from Amazon Buy from Bookshop Reviewed by Samantha Hui Alluring. Devastating. Thrilling. Can the hysterics of women really match the violence of men? Nicolette Croft’s The Curse of Maiden Scars is an engaging and […]
If Not the Whole Truth by Claire Arbogast Genre: Literary Fiction / Coming of Age ISBN: 9798990301801 Print Length: 374 pages Buy from Amazon Buy from Bookshop Reviewed by Erica Ball A woman’s quest to define herself against a kaleidoscope of 1960s countercultures If Not the Whole Truth starts in the turbulent year of 1969 […]