A Truce That Is Not Peace by Miriam Toews: REVIEW Synopsis In this memoir slash stream-of-consciousness essay, Miriam Toews struggles to answer the question, “Why do I write?” while dealing with thoughts of suicide. My Review Word to the wise: This isn’t one for the easily triggered. In this era of dancing around the word…
Joy Moody Is Out of Time by Kerryn Mayne: REVIEW Synopsis Joy Moody has been lying to her twin daughters their whole lives. She was only trying to protect them at first, and she intended to tell them the truth eventually. But now she’s suffering from an illness that’s blurring the lines between what’s real…
Killer on the Road / The Babysitter Lives by Stephen Graham Jones: REVIEW Synopsis In The Killer on the Road, teenage runaway Harper intends to hitchhike as far away from her controlling mother as she can get, but a truck-driving serial killer has other plans for her. And in The Babysitter Lives, teenage babysitter Charlotte takes…
Cedar Mills by Dylan James: REVIEW Synopsis From Goodreads: “Seeking to understand the recent deaths and disappearances in their town, a disgraced homicide detective and a group of grieving high schoolers unwittingly join forces. But what this ragtag bunch of answer-seekers find will not only force them into a fight to save themselves and their…
Rope: How a Bundle of Twisted Fibers Became the Backbone of Civilization, by Tim Queeney: REVIEW Synopsis The fascinating history and potential future of one of humanity’s most innovative inventions: rope. My Review First of all, I want to express my appreciation for Queeney’s opening disclaimer: “No AI was used in the research or writing…
African Folk Tales for the Young at Heart: Hausa Tales of Wit, Wisdom, and Wonder by Abubakar Yusuf Ibrahim: REVIEW Synopsis A collection of traditional Nigerian folk tales for children and the young at heart. My Review When I saw an ARC on NetGalley called African Folk Tales for the Young at Heart, I requested…
Flashlight by Susan Choi: REVIEW Synopsis Goodreads summary: “A novel tracing a father’s disappearance across time, nations, and memory, from the author of Trust Exercise.” My Review At the risk of my blog’s SEO plug-in yelling at me, I’m going to keep this review short and simple. My dog is sick, so he’s my top priority…