Tag: fiction

Strike Your Heart

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Thank you to the lovely people at Europa Editions for my copy of Strike Your Heart by Amélie Nothomb.  All thoughts and images are my own.

THE DETAILS:

Title: Strike Your Heart
Author: Amélie Nothomb
Genre: Fiction in Translation
Pub date: September 11, 2018 (in the US)
Read if you like: stories of imperfect relationships between mothers and their daughters. Continue reading →

Fruit of the Drunken Tree

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Thank you to the lovely people at Doubleday Books for my copy of Fruit of the Drunken Tree by Ingrid Rojas Contreras.  All thoughts and images are my own.

THE DETAILS:

Title: Fruit of the Drunken Tree
Author: Ingrid Rojas Contreras
Genre: Fiction
Pub date: July 31, 2018
Read if you like: stories of badass, very human women, set against a powerfully dramatic backdrop. Continue reading →

July & August 2018

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My favorite reads from July and August, organized by mood.  I’ve linked my more in-depth reviews wherever possible!

  • For that author who just gets life as a 20-something: The Bucket List by Georgia Clark
  • For the reader who just can’t get enough of cults: The Incendiaries by R.O. Kwon
  • For the spooky short stories that will keep you up at night: Things We Lost in the Fire by Mariana Enríquez
  • For the historical fiction lover who wants to learn about an event they’ve maybe never heard of: Visible Empire by Hannah Pittard
  • For the high school love stories that will tug at your heart again and again: To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before (1, 2, & 3) by Jenny Han
  • For the story you’ll remember forever: The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai
  • For when you need a reminder that females are strong as hell: Fruit of the Drunken Tree by Ingrid Rojas Contreras
  • For a beautiful intertwinement of friendship and music: The Ensemble by Aja Gabel
  • For the letter writer: Meet Me at the Museum by Anne Youngson
  • For the new love gone so, so wrong: Ghosted by Rosie Walsh

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TBR: Labor Day Weekend

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As always, I’ve packed way more books than I need for our Labor Day weekend trip. If you need some packing inspiration, my reads are organized by vibe below!

ghosted
wedding date
heart
radical element 2
air

Click on a title to read its synopsis:

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Tell Me Lies

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Thank you to the lovely people at Book Sparks for my copy of Tell Me Lies by Carola Lovering.  All thoughts and images are my own.

THE DETAILS:

Title: Tell Me Lies
Author: Carola Lovering
Genre: Fiction
Pub date: June 12, 2018
Read if you like: toxic relationships (think Gone Girl, Twilight, Fifty Shades of Grey) and references to the music of Fleetwood Mac. Continue reading →

Meet Me at the Museum

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Thank you to the lovely people at Flatiron Books for my copy of Meet Me at the Museum by Anne Youngson.  All thoughts and images are my own.  If you’d like to win a copy of this book, see rules for entry on this instagram post.

THE DETAILS:

Title: Meet Me at the Museum
Author: Anne Youngson
Genre: Epistolary fiction
Pub date: August 7, 2018
Read if you like: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, Euphoria, the poetry of Seamus Heaney. Continue reading →