Month: August 2019

The Accidentals by Minrose Gwin | Review

The Accidentals by Minrose G..

REVIEW: This story takes place in Mississippi in the 1950’s, and Olivia is not enchanted at all by her life. She misses how things were before she married, and she longs to see Paris. She’s so disenchanted that when she finds herself pregnant, she despairs and seeks out an abortion. Olivia does not live through […]

Posted August 28, 2019
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The Lost Vintage by Ann Mah | Review

The Lost Vintage by Ann Mah ..

REVIEW: So incredibly good! I was completely transported to France while I was reading The Lost Vintage by Ann Mah. While visiting her family at their vineyard in France, Kate discovers a hidden area in the basement that has been walled-off for decades. Inside, there are countless bottles of expensive and rare wine, an area […]

Posted August 21, 2019
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Lady in the Lake by Laura Lippman | Review

Lady in the Lake by Laura Li..

REVIEW: Lady in the Lake is so good! I suspected it would be given how much I loved Lippman’s Sunburn last year. When I started Lady in the Lake, I fell right into Ms. Lippman’s storytelling all over again and now, after two of her books, I can see that hers are stories that I’ll […]

Posted August 14, 2019
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The Poppy War & The Dragon Republic by R.F. Kuang | Review

The Poppy War & The Dra..

REVIEW: I picked up The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang without doing much research about it because I love letting fantasy stories unfold as they will, and the result has been back-to-back reads in this series where I feel completely immersed in this world. The Poppy War is kind of like a story told in […]

Posted August 7, 2019
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