Rating: 5/5 I am so in love with the writing style. Bonde captured my heart so quickly, and in such heart-wrenching ways. This story is set in Sweden, with two Iranian immigrants, Nahid and her daughter Aram. Nahid fills readers in on her vibrant and violent past, the reasons she ended up in Sweden. "I … Continue reading What We Owe ~ Golnaz Hashemzadeh Bonde
Rating: 5/5 I definitely picked this book up for its gorgeous cover. Once I dove into the plot, however, I found that this is a story I have not read before, a unique look at the Rwandan war and genocide from the perspective of a 10 year old boy living in the small neighboring country … Continue reading Small Country ~ Gael Faye
Rating: ??? I would say overall experience is a 3/5, but it's hard for me to rate this one in the same way it's hard for me to rate Zadie Smith's book Swing Time - it's well written and challenges social norms, but I also didn't personally enjoy it. I am shocked by how enjoyable … Continue reading One Part Woman ~ Perumal Murugan
Rating: 4/5 This short book is the fourth in the series, and gives readers a snapshot of our band of friends preparing for the Winter Solstice. This is a deep dive into the pleasures and trauma of Feyre's newfound family in their lives together after the war. Maas takes a pretty big departure from the … Continue reading A Court of Frost and Starlight ~ Sarah J. Maas
Happy Book Birthday to The Lady's Guide by Makenzi Lee! Rating: 5/5 The Lady's Guide was even more awesome than Lee's last book! Felicity Montague has been living in Edinburgh with her baker friend, Callum. Unfortunately for her, he proposes, giving her an ultimatum of accepting his proposal or moving out of the house. Her … Continue reading The Lady’s Guide to Petticoats and Piracy ~ Mackenzi Lee
Expected publication October 2nd, 2018! Rating: 3.5/5 Heavy on the football and the feminism, this is a historical fiction novel to look out for featuring a small town in Texas in 1944. Miss Tylene Wilson is the assistant principal at Brownwood High School, and she's got her work cut out for her. However, she's concerned … Continue reading When the Men Were Gone ~ Marjorie Herrera Lewis
Rating: 4/5 I thoroughly enjoyed this light-hearted romp through Europe (no pun intended). Monty, Percy, and Felicity make an excellent cast of characters. Monty has his head stuck in the clouds, his ego clouding his better judgment. His coping skills are poor, and he runs around thinking about how to give himself pleasure from one … Continue reading The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue ~ Mackenzi Lee
