Title/Author: Sold on a Monday by Kristina McMorris Publisher: Sourcebooks Landmark In a nutshell (Publisher): 2 CHILDREN FOR SALE The sign is a last resort. It sits on a farmhouse porch in 1931, but could be found anywhere in an era of breadlines, bank runs and broken dreams. It could have been written by any…
A tiger’s wife, a deathless man, Punjabi women & a murder mystery case! Jee delves into two very different worlds with these #minireviews : #TheTigersWife by #TeaObreht #RandomHouse @randomhouse #magicalrealism #literaryfiction & #EroticStoriesForPunjabiWomen by #BalliKaurJaswal #AsianAmericanLiteratureFiction #WilliamMorrow @WMmorrowBooks
Title/Author: The Tiger’s Wife: A Novel by Tea Obreht Publisher: Random House Verdict: Read if you like magical realism! The death of her grandfather led Natalia to retrieve the items that he left behind. That journey took her mind back to her days spent with him and the stories he told her about his encounters…
Jee reviews #HowWeDisappeared by #JingJingLee @Hanover_Square #HistoricalWW2Fiction #literaryfiction #Singapore #eARC #NetGalley
Title/Author: How We Disappeared by Jing-Jing Lee Publisher: Hanover Square Press In a nutshell (Publisher): A mesmerizing novel of World War II Singapore, “a story about memory, trauma, and ultimately love” (New York Times)—for fans of Pachinko and We Were the Lucky Ones Singapore, 1942. As Japanese troops sweep down Malaysia and into Singapore, a village is ransacked,…
Are you ready for something really, REAAALLY DIFFERENT & absurd? Jee suspends belief & reviews #TearsofTheTrufflePig by #FernandoAFlores #NetGalley #eARC #FSGbooks #literaryfiction #HispanicAmericanFiction
Title/Author: Tears of the Trufflepig by Fernando A. Flores Publisher: Hanover Square Press In a nutshell (Publisher): One of Lit Hub and The Millions‘s Most Anticipated Books of 2019, one of Buzzfeed and Tor.com‘s Books to Read This Spring, and one of the Chicago Review of Books‘ Best New Books of May A parallel universe. South Texas. A third border wall might…
Jee reviews #LittleFiresEverywhere by #CelesteNg #RandomHouse #literaryfiction #familylifefiction #asianAmericanLitFiction
Title/Author: Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng Publisher: Random House In a nutshell (Amazon): From the bestselling author of Everything I Never Told You, a riveting novel that traces the intertwined fates of the picture-perfect Richardson family and the enigmatic mother and daughter who upend their lives. In Shaker Heights, a placid, progressive suburb of Cleveland, everything…
Jee reviews #TheFarm by #JoanneRamos @RandomHouse #NetGalley @NetGalley #eARC #LiteraryFiction
Title/Author: The Farm by Joanne Ramos Publisher: Random House In a nutshell (Publisher): Nestled in New York’s Hudson Valley is a luxury retreat boasting every amenity: organic meals, personal fitness trainers, daily massages—and all of it for free. In fact, you’re paid big money to stay here—more than you’ve ever dreamed of. The catch? For…
Happy Mother’s Day to all mothers! Let’s celebrate this special occasion with some thought-provoking books on motherhood! Have you read any of them?
Happy Mother’s day to all mothers! Hope you’re getting a much-deserved and needed break today and that it would involve some reading 😉 These books had many other important themes, but they also centered around the challenges of being a mother and they resonated with me. Some of them have been reviewed before, some of…
Books that Educate & Entertain My Child Again and Again! Thank you #DrSeuss @EricCarle @CedellaMarley @SandyBoynton @DeborahDiesen @Scholastic #NatGeoKids #BarneySaltzberg
We read to my LO every day. We have stacks and boxes of books in every nook and cranny of our home. We have been reading these books for more than 2 years and they still interest her. We find different ways to keep her interested and engaged like asking questions to deepen her comprehension…
Jee reviews #Sadie by #CourtneySummers #StMartinsPress @StMartinsPress #YA #fiction #thriller #missinggirls
Title/Author: Sadie by Courtney Summers Publisher: St. Martin’s Press In a nutshell: A missing girl on a journey of revenge. A Serial―like podcast following the clues she’s left behind. And an ending you won’t be able to stop talking about. Sadie hasn’t had an easy life. Growing up on her own, she’s been raising her sister…
Jee reviews #MiracleCreek by @AngieKimWriter @fsgBooks @Netgalley #Netgalley #eARC #fiction #courtroomdrama
Title/Author: Miracle Creek by Angie Kim Publisher: FSG Books In a nutshell (Publisher): My husband asked me to lie. Not a big lie. He probably didn’t even consider it a lie, and neither did I, at first . . . In rural Virginia, Young and Pak Yoo run an experimental medical treatment device known as…
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