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2023-06-17 10:53
One of the reasons I decided to write these posts in order of age is that I wanted to have mother and daughter at both ends of the series of posts.  Well, almost, since Roya was the sec… Read More
2023-06-12 15:29
Akhtar Sabet, daughter of Hossein and Havva, was born in the town of Sarvestan in the south of Fars Province.  She was a happy, intelligent, selfless, devoted, disciplined, and committe… Read More
2023-06-08 13:16
Allow me to go on a little tangent here before delving into the story of Simin Saberi, part of my ongoing #OurStoryIsOne project.  As I was looking up the various documents about her on… Read More
2022-12-13 14:22
It was a bit of a slow reading month, disappointingly enough.  We got sick so many times that I found myself running after all the essentials that I had to do.  If you are reading… Read More
2022-11-21 13:48
Review of ‘I’m Glad My Mom Died’, by Jeanette McCurdy When I first heard of the title of this book, knowing nothing of Jeanette McCurdy, I wondered if it was a little click… Read More
2022-10-15 00:40
Review of ‘The Woman Under the Water’, by Penny Goetjen The premise of this book is quite interesting: A man disappears under mysterious circumstances and a woman is left, seven… Read More
2022-09-19 01:04
Review of ‘Stories from the Tenants Downstairs’, by Sidik Fofana—Must Read I believe that fiction is essential in shaping our future for the better (one reason why I review… Read More
2022-08-07 00:54
Review of ‘Onyeka and the Academy of the Sun’, by Tola Okogwu—Must Read This book is **everything**.  There is so much packed into a seemingly simple coming-of-age sup… Read More
2022-08-05 00:54
Review of ‘Wild Is The Witch’, by Rachel Griffin Iris and her mother are witches and run a wildlife refuge in the state of Washington.  They keep their magic a secret but th… Read More
2022-08-02 02:07
Review of ‘Every Summer After’, by Carley Fortune Sam and Charlie live in the house beside Percy’s family’s summer chalet.  The trio meet when they are pre-teens… Read More
2022-07-22 01:55
Review of ‘Tokyo Dreaming’, by Emiko Jean Emiko Jean delivers, in her second book in this series, yet another occasion to peek into what the lives of the members of the Japanese… Read More
2022-06-22 01:59
Review of ‘The Last Mona Lisa’, by Jonathan Santlofer I don’t know much about art, but I do know that the Mona Lisa was stolen quite a number of times.  Author Jonatha… Read More
2022-06-21 15:38
Review of ‘Do You Follow’, by J.C. Bidonde (Audiobook) I don’t think I’ll get the hang of audiobooks for quite some time, but I’m really happy to have finally s… Read More
2022-06-20 15:32
Seeing how I am spending most of my reading time with books aimed at younger children, and that I didn’t want to add them to my reading challenge, I decided to lower my reading challen… Read More
2022-01-06 03:12
And 2021 is a wrap!  I can’t believe I made my Goodreads Challenge.  I do have to admit that I added books that I read to my little one; I did read the entire Princess Posey… Read More
2021-12-03 02:28
November was quite the reading month; I made it to nine books, including my first audio book!   A huge thank you to Ian and Jen, my bookstagram friends who recommended I try out au… Read More
2021-11-01 02:27
I’m way behind on my Goodreads challenge, and I have been prioritising YA reads because they go faster than non-fiction.  Is that cheating? Review of ‘You Truly Assumed&rsqu&hell…Read More
2021-10-13 02:29
Review of ‘The Startup Wife’, by Tahmima Anam—Must Read The startup at the heart of Tahmina Anam’s book tickled my interest from the get-go, and was the main reason w… Read More
2021-09-13 02:20
Review of ‘The Eternal Audience of One’, by Rémy Ngamije Diversifying my bookshelf (and that of my little one) has been quite the satisfying experience, to say the least… Read More
2021-05-07 01:31
Review of ‘The Other Black Girl’, by Zakiya Dalila Harris—Must Read Stepford Wives meets The Devil Wears Prada in this gorgeously written novel about a young Black woman wo… Read More
2021-02-01 03:06
Review of ‘Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You’, by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi—Must read A wonderfully written and very engaging book about an extremely difficult b… Read More
2020-12-28 03:22
Review of ‘One of the Good Ones’, by Maika Moulite and Maritza Moulite—Must Read Overall, “One of the Good Ones” was a great book, with engaging characters and… Read More
2020-11-26 15:37
Review of ‘Transcendent Kingdom’, by Yaa Gyasi—Must Read In case anyone had any doubts after reading her first book: Yaa Gyasi is an incredible storyteller.  Although… Read More
2020-11-05 15:00
Review of ‘Anxious People’, by Fredrik Backman—Must Read This book was beautiful in many ways.  The first is the way the story is told—it weaves in and out but a… Read More
2020-10-05 13:23
Review of ‘Never Have I Ever’, by Mary Jayne Baker It’s hard to wrap one’s head around the idea of falling for one twin and then, the other.  But other than that… Read More
2020-08-27 14:00
Review of ‘I Killed Zoe Spanos’, by Kit Frick On the one hand, this book kept me reading way past my bedtime.  I just HAD to know who had killed Zoe Spanos, but also, how al… Read More
2020-07-27 14:00
Review of ‘The Speed of Falling Objects’, by Nancy Richardson Unhealthy relationships with parents are never easy to address in normal, regular life.  The pretty insane sett… Read More
2020-07-01 02:34
Review of ‘No Fixed Address’, by Susan Nielsen (Must-Read) When I read Nickled and Dimed, I remembered thinking that this book should be turned into a movie, a TV show, and a ser… Read More
2020-05-28 14:00
Review of ‘Catch and Kill’, by Ronan Farrow (Must-Read) A must-read for anyone trying to learn more about the way The System works, trying to understand why so many women who are… Read More
2020-04-30 14:00
Review of ‘All We Ever Wanted’, by Emily Giffin I’m having a tough time writing this review because I’m feeling all the feels. This story made me so angry–but f… Read More
2020-03-26 14:00
Review of ‘The Night Country’, by Melissa Albert Melissa Albert’s The Night Country was, imo, even better than The Hazel Wood. It was plot driven, didn’t stop for a s… Read More
2020-02-27 15:00
Must-Read: When I Was White, by Sarah Valentine (non-fiction) Sarah Valentine’s When I Was White was an incredible read.  In short, a young woman in her early twenties finds out t… Read More
2020-02-04 02:45
So, I have to start 2020 with a confession: I’ve been cheating on y’all. I know a lot of readers have noticed that I haven’t been updating the blog nearly as often as I use… Read More
2019-12-06 00:15
About the Author, Ryan La Sala: Ryan La Sala has always lived on the partition between the real and unreal. He writes about surreal things happening to real people, and his stories are almos… Read More
2019-05-16 14:00
About the Author: GC McRae is the bestselling author of two young adult novels, three illustrated children’s books and a collection of original fairy tales. His writing is fall-down fu… Read More
2018-10-04 14:00
Well, a dream of mine is one step closer to becoming reality: the team at Penguin Random House has been sending me books to review for them. The last six they have sent me have been so incre… Read More

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