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English Project: The Girl Who Fell From The Sky, By: Heidi W. Durrow
A few years ago, I read Heidi Durrow‘s The Girl Who Fell From the Sky and loved it, told everyone I knew to read it (and I hope they did). Today Mixed American Life shared a cool video summary of the...
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Two books you really ought to read this summer
In between all the work I’ve been doing (both for my job and for my fiction writing), I’ve managed to read a few books. Two books that really stood out were Monsoon Memories by Renita D’Silva and The...
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Three More Books to Read This Summer
You all know how much of a book nerd I am. I proudly fly my book nerd flag. So while everyone else around me has been going clubbing or sailing or disappearing to summer houses or the Greek islands...
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Congratulations, Donna Tartt!
This year’s Pulitzer Prize recipients were announced and the winner of the fiction prize is Donna Tartt‘s novel, The Goldfinch. Congratulations, Donna! I’ve had a bit of a love-hate relationship with...
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Review: Olivay by Deborah Reed
I stumbled upon Deoborah Reed’s Olivay thanks to fellow writer and Matera brainstormer, S.G. Redling. A few days ago, she mentioned it in a Facebook post, and it caught my eye. I loved the premise: a...
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Review: Boyfriend by Faye McCray
Boyfriend by Faye McCray ISBN: 1508818142 Publisher: CreateSpace Pages: 332 Paperback; 214 Kindle Publication Date: 3/23/2015 Genre(s): New Adult, Multicultural, Romance, Literary Intended for...
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My Christmas reading list
Photo credit: Kate Zaidova/unsplash.com I love to escape into a good book. I think everyone who knows me is well aware of this fact. Sometimes I prefer books to people. This is especially true during...
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Review: The Shooting by James Boice
The Shooting by James Boice is one of those books that overwhelms your every sense. With its focus firmly set on America’s pervasive gun culture, The Shooting takes on what leads up to and the...
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Required Reading: Yes, you need to read these books.
Philadelphia Fire: a novel by John Edgar Wideman Anyone who grew up in Philadelphia in the 1970s and 1980s remembers the MOVE group. John Edgar Wideman’s novel, Philadelphia Fire, was inspired by the...
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Congratulations, Kazuo Ishiguro
My favourite day Today is one of my favourite days of the year: when the Nobel Laureate in Literature is announced by the Swedish Academy. Last year, I was extremely disappointed with their choice of...
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