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: 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...
Review: Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys
“Have you ever wondered what a human life is worth? That morning, my brother's was worth a pocket watch.” There are some books that...
Review: Sula by Toni Morrison
Toni Morrison, born Chloe Anthony Wofford, has written over a dozen different fiction novels and over a half-dozen non-fiction novels in...
Review: Main Street by Sinclair Lewis
It was a plodding journey at times, but I made it through the entirety of Main Street by Sinclair Lewis. While this was a required text...
