Review: Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler
Rave reviews always make me wary. That’s why I was fairly late to the game with the Twilight and The Hunger Games series and way late...
Review: Thin Girls by Diana Clarke
Thin Girls by Diana Clarke deals with some heavy, important subjects all at once: eating disorders, body image issues/body dysmorphia [...]
Review: The Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi Vo
The Empress of Salt and Fortune is a tiny book that packs a big punch. Chih the cleric (they/them) and Almost Brilliant (a hoopoe bird) ...
Review: Look How Happy I'm Making You by Polly Rosenwaike
Look How Happy I'm Making You by Polly Rosenwaike features stories about women who want to be mothers, who reluctantly come into...
Review: Star-Touched Stories by Roshani Chokshi
I'm honored to be part of the St. Martin's Press Star-Touched Stories Blog Tour, to celebrate Roshani Chokshi's newest addition to the...
Book Review: Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
I feel rather ambivalent about my reading of Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng. Having read, and enjoyed, Ng’s debut novel Everything...
Book Review: Ghachar Ghochar by Vivek Shanbhag
Ghachar Ghochar by Vivek Shanbhag is a short read that packs a punch. At once dealing with issues of class and feminism, there are many...
Review: Chemistry by Weike Wang
What do I really want? That's the question that the unnamed narrator of Chemistry by Weike Wang sets out to answer after she has a...
Review: Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward
Sing, Unburied, Sing is Jesmyn Ward's senior novel. While I've had her Hurricane Katrina-related Salvage the Bones on my to-read list for...
Reflecting on 2017's Best Reads
Happy 2018, dear readers! As many of you might have done, or may be doing, I am reflecting on my favorite reads of 2017: Burial Rites...
