F. Scott Fitzgerald: A Life in Letters F. Scott Fitzgerald: A Life in Letters is a portal to 1917 to 1940, a magical mailbox where you can receive letters from F. Scott Fitzgerald. On December 21, 1940, F Scott Fitzgerald died of a heart attack, and, as the letters approached that date, I had to […]
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Yellowface by RF Kuang Oh Booktwitter, Bookstagram! You lied. This wasn’t v. good. Better than Babel but worse than The Poppy War, Yellowface is about June Hayward who steals a manuscript from her best-selling author frenemy. After her friend dies in a bizarre accident, June polishes up the prose and sells the book as her
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The Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr. and E.B. White Lisa of Troy takes on two prestigious literary heavyweights in the classic, “The Elements of Style.” Round One Ding! Ding! When I was in high school, my Spanish teacher frightened me to the point where I wouldn’t speak. It was one of those situations
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Spare by Prince Harry “Someone should say – hold on stop—this person deserves their privacy. You are not allowed to go there. I go around the world dealing with running and hiding and I can’t take a walk in the park. I can’t go to the store. I have to hide in a room. You
The Last Chairlift by John Irving The Last Chairlift isn’t a perfect novel. In fact, it is an awful mess at times. But it speaks to me, and it moves me. Don’t read the book blurb. It doesn’t accurately describe The Last Chairlift. So what is The Last Chairlift about? Well….if it was easy to
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The Storyteller’s Death by Ann Davila Cardinal Here comes The Storyteller’s Death by Ann Davila Cardinal, one of my most anticipated October reads! Isla Larsen Sanchez’s life starts to fall apart when her dad passes away. Dumped in Puerto Rico every summer by her alcoholic mother, Isla starts to develop a bond with her great-aunt.
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Mad Honey by Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Finney Boylan Do you know how excited I was to read Mad Honey? This was on my list of the most anticipated books to read for October! Last year, I read Wish You Were Here by Jodi Picoult, and I loved it! Olivia McAfee is starting over in
Making a Scene by Constance Wu Making a Scene is a memoir by Constance Wu, a star in the TV sitcom Fresh Off the Boat and the movie Crazy Rich Asians. In this novel, Wu gives readers a peek into her life experiences from her first job to her brushes with Hollywood sexual harassment to
Lessons by Ian McEwan Lessons by Ian McEwan centers on a man by the name of Roland Baines. We follow Roland through his life: his major romantic relationships, his various familial relationships amidst the backdrop of various historical events, World War II, the Suez Canal, the Cuban Missile Crisis, Chernobyl, the fall of the Berlin
