Showing posts with label Bookbrowse. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bookbrowse. Show all posts
Sunday, February 23, 2025

Review: The Lost Story of Eva Fuentes (by Chanel Cleeton)

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My Rating: 4 stars  As much as I wish for it to be otherwise, my reading life is off to a late start this year.   I wasn’t able to read muc...
Saturday, April 27, 2024

Review: Only the Beautiful (by Susan Meissner)

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    My Rating: 4.5 stars I’ve had Susan Meissner’s books on my TBR for quite some time, but it wasn’t until recently that I got the chance...
Monday, November 27, 2023

Review: Daughters of Shandong (by Eve J. Chung)

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My Rating:  5 stars This incredible debut by Taiwanese-American lawyer Eve J. Chung doesn't come out until May 2024, but I was able to g...
Monday, May 29, 2023

Review: Banyan Moon (by Thao Thai)

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My Rating:  5 stars I've been reading quite a few new releases the last couple of months and while many of those I enjoyed immensely (m...
Monday, April 3, 2023

Review: Paper Names (by Susie Luo)

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 My Rating:  4 stars Going into Susie Luo's debut novel  Paper Names,  I knew to expect an immigrant story, as I gathered as much from...
Monday, September 5, 2022

Review: The Ways We Hide (by Kristina McMorris)

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My Rating: 4 stars I have most of Kristina McMorris's works on my TBR, though so far, I've only had a chance to read two of her boo...
Wednesday, June 8, 2022

Review: Daughters of the Flower Fragrant Garden (by Zhuqing Li)

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My Rating: 4 stars I'm quite picky when it comes to reading nonfiction books.  I tend to gravitate toward biographies and memoirs as we...
Sunday, January 9, 2022

Review: Activities of Daily Living (by Lisa Hsiao Chen)

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My Rating: 3 stars  I have mixed feelings about this book.  On the one hand, I appreciated the uniqueness of this book's structure, wh...
Tuesday, November 9, 2021

Review: The Family Chao (by Lan Samantha Chang)

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My Rating: 4.5 stars This one doesn't publish until February 2022, but I received an advance copy early for review and I'm so glad I...
Tuesday, August 3, 2021

Review: Beasts of a Little Land (by Juhea Kim)

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My Rating:  4.5 stars  When I finished reading Juhea Kim's debut novel  Beasts of a Little Land , the first thought that came into my h...
Thursday, June 24, 2021

Review: At the Chinese Table (by Carolyn Phillips)

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My Rating:  4.5 stars   "...a fine meal [should be] designed to feed the mind, not just the mouth and the stomach."   It's no ...
Friday, April 9, 2021

Review: Of Women and Salt (by Gabriela Garcia)

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My Rating: 4 stars In trying to rate this book, I feel a bit conflicted.  On the one hand, I loved the beautiful, lyrical writing and the wa...
Wednesday, December 2, 2020

Review: Stories from Suffragette City (edited by M.J. Rose and Fiona Davis)

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My Rating: 5 stars I'm usually not a huge fan of short story collections and when it comes to books related to politics, I try to steer ...
Saturday, April 11, 2020

Review: Daughter of the Reich (by Louise Fein)

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 My Rating: 4 stars This is the second book I've read in recent months that is set in the pre-World War II time period of the 193...
Thursday, March 12, 2020

Review: Resistance Women (by Jennifer Chiaverini)

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My Rating: 4 stars   One of the reasons why I love reading historical fiction is because it gives me a chance to learn about peopl...