Review by Mary Kat Rating: 😻😻 /5Recommend for: This wasn't a good fit for me, so I'm not sure. If you enjoyed this one, let me know in the comments! A Case of the "Not For Me" SPOILERS AHEAD! Continue at your own risk. Intro Case Histories by Kate Atkinson is a book I was … Continue reading Review: Case Histories // A Case of the “Not For Me”
Review by Mary Kat Rating: 😻😻😻/5Recommend for: Fans of experimental, poetic works and those particularly in the mood for a short literary read on grief and loss Intro Grief Is The Thing With Feathers by Max Porter is more poem than book. It's a poetic, bewildering, and experimental novella (or long short story? extended poem?) … Continue reading Review: Grief Is The Thing With Feathers // An Experiment on Loss
Review by Mary Kat Rating: 😻😻😻😻/5Recommend for: Those up for a well-written, taunt novella about history, family, and patriarchy Intro Ghost Wall by Sarah Moss is a taunt little novella that starts off tense and grows ever more suffocating as the story goes on. It's a very specific story -- about a class's re-enactment of Britons … Continue reading Review: Ghost Wall // Taunt, Suffocating, and Memorable
Preview by Mary Kat I have two new books that I'm feeling all the hype for and wanted to share with y'all. I don't always jump on the literary bandwagon or get lost in the hype -- usually I can resist. I've even been known to wait patiently for my turn on library lists of … Continue reading Preview: Playing House with Diagnosis // Back to Gilead with The Testaments
Review: 😻😻😻😻😻/5 Cats Recommended for: Everyone (but especially Fantasy Freaks and Magic Lovers)Reviewed by Cass Warning: Spoilers EVERYWHERE (bound to happen when I fan out over HP) Excuse me, do you have a moment to talk about our writing savoir, J.K. Rowling? This next post of Harry Potter is coming out at the best time … Continue reading Review: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Review by Mary Kat Rating: 😻😻😻😻😻 /5Recommend for: Those in the mood for a funny and deliciously dark read Sisters, Killers, and The Trauma That Binds Intro My Sister, The Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite is a deliciously dark and funny book that I devoured in less than a day. The book centers on two … Continue reading Review: My Sister, The Serial Killer // Sisters, Killers, and The Trauma That Binds
Review by Mary Kat Rating: 😻😻😻😻😻/5 Recommends for: Fans of beautiful writing and those interested in learning more about Native American experiences What do you think of my Book Nook? Intro There There by Tommy Orange is a masterpiece and a sucker punch in one. To be straight up, this book had me wrecked. Shook … Continue reading Review: There There // A Masterpiece and Sucker Punch In One
Review by Mary Kat Rating: 😻😻😻😻 /5Recommend for: Fans of Dept. of Speculation by Jenny Offill Grief and a Great Dane Intro The Friend by Sigrid Nunez is a novel about grief, writing, and the companionship of a great dane. After a beloved friend commits suicide, our narrator is unmoored and lost without a clear … Continue reading Review: The Friend // Grief and a Great Dane
Review by Mary Kat Rating: 😻😻😻😻 /5 Recommend for: Fans of Swamplandia! by Karen Russell, the movie Beasts of the Southern Wild, and others who like to immerse themselves in the atmosphere of the Southern coast My remake: Where the Bubbles Sing A Love Letter to the Marsh Intro Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia … Continue reading Review: Where the Crawdads Sing // A Love Letter to the Marsh
Review by Mary Kat Rating: 😻😻😻😻 /5Recommend for: Fans of classic British mysteries A Russian Doll of Mysteries Intro Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz is a veritable Russian nesting doll of a book. The novel is first introduced by a fictional book editor Susan Ryeland, but her pages -- a puzzling introduction warning about a … Continue reading Review: Magpie Murders // A Russian Doll of Mysteries
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