I had a Greek mythology phase* as a child (alas, Rick Riordon’s books were a couple of decades away) – one summer I read every Greek mythology library book in the small town where I visited my Reina, and I also devoured my mom’s copy of Edith Hamilton’s Mythology – she had written her name…
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Book Review: Society of Lies by Lauren Ling Brown
The first time I started reading Society of Lies, I was deep in the process of watching my daughter apply to college, trying to uncover the secret formula to acceptance in a high tier school. Don’t trauma dump on the personal essay! Well roundedness is no longer a virtue – now you have to show…
Book Review: Famous Last Words by Gillian McAllister
Famous Last Words is a thriller centered around a married couple. She is a book editor, he a ghostwriter, and they are new parents. On the day she is scheduled to return to the office after maternity leave, he disappears before she wakes up, leaving a cryptic note. She soon learns that he has taken…
Book Review: The River Knows Your Name by Kelly Mustian
This is a sad novel, about two sisters who, in childhood, stumbled upon a family secret, then, decades later, one sets out to uncover the facts surrounding it. The book is written in two timelines (the 1930s and 1970s), and it’s not immediately obvious how they will come together. It’s also about found family, knowing…
Book Review: Say Everything by Ione Skye
I feel a tiny stab of guilt every time I Google a word definition, and it’s all because of the iconic film, Say Anything. There’s a scene where Diane Court (Ione Skye), future valedictorian, shows Lloyd Dobler (John Cusack) her dictionary, shyly mentioning that she “used to mark all the words [she] looked up.” After…