Showing posts with label magical realism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label magical realism. Show all posts
Tuesday, September 16, 2025

Review: The Phoenix Pencil Company (by Allison King)

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My Rating: 4 stars Allison King’s debut novel The Phoenix Pencil Company was an interesting read that turned out to be nothing like what ...
Thursday, November 28, 2024

Review: Dreaming in Cuban (by Cristina Garcia)

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 My Rating: 4 stars The past few months have been a bit of a crazy, chaotic whirlwind for me and while I’ve continued to do tons of reading,...
Sunday, August 27, 2023

Review: The Invisible Hour (by Alice Hoffman)

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My Rating:  4 stars I had heard so many great things about Alice Hoffman's works, but didn't get the chance to read anything by her ...
Sunday, July 30, 2023

Review: Family Lore (by Elizabeth Acevedo)

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My Rating:  3 stars I read Elizabeth Acevedo's YA novel-in-verse  The Poet X  in book club a few years back and absolutely loved it.  I...
Saturday, May 20, 2023

Review: The Wishing Game (by Meg Shaffer)

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My Rating:  4.5 stars Meg Shaffer's smart, whimsical, and utterly delightful debut novel  The Wishing Game  is the feel-good story I di...
Monday, March 27, 2023

Review: Unlikely Animals (by Annie Hartnett)

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My Rating:  4.5 stars  Annie Hartnett's  Unlikely Animals  is a quirky, unique, interesting story – the likes of which I can honestly...
Sunday, January 1, 2023

Review: The Minuscule Mansion of Myra Malone (by Audrey Burges)

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 My Rating: 4 stars Happy New Year to all! For my first read of the new year, I decided to start with an ARC of a book that normally would...
Tuesday, August 30, 2022

Review: The Cartographers (by Peng Shepherd)

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 My Rating:  4 stars Peng Shepherd's  The Cartographers  is one of those books that surprised me in ways that I wasn't expecting.  ...