Cultures in Transition | Noor by Nnedi Okorafor
When technological advancement and tradition collide.
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Mar 4, 20232 min read
February End-of-the-Month Review | 2023
A month of reading.
Mar 1, 20232 min read
Not Enough Danger in Jane Smiley's "A Dangerous Business"
A critical review of a mundane book.
Feb 23, 20233 min read
From Child-Refugee to Weapon | American War
An Allegory of interventionalist policies as told through the lens of the Second American Civil War
Feb 11, 20232 min read
A Great Read with a Hauntingly Bad Trip | Ghost Eaters
Clay McLeod Chapman is going to reach into your mind and haunt the corners of it.
Feb 7, 20232 min read
A Look at Marginalized Communities in 1930s America | Of Mice And Men
Read and Watch both Of Mice And Men movies for free. Links included.
Jan 31, 20232 min read
Militant Jasmine wants Revenge in this Twisted Tale | A Whole New World
Agrabah is under Jafar's control and the Sultana is prepared to fight to reclaim the throne.
Jan 29, 20233 min read
Isolated Explorers Lose Their Minds? At the Mountains of Madness
H.P. Lovecraft's 1936 novel personifies the horrors of the unknown.
Jan 22, 20232 min read
Oops, She Did it Again!: My Sister, The Serial Killer
A wicked little tale of dependency and how far it can push us.
Jan 14, 20233 min read
Audiobook Review: World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War
You think you know this story but you don't.
Jan 9, 20232 min read
Book Review: Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights
Salman Rushdie gives us a modern-day wink at the Arabian Nights [+ Linked author interview]
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Dec 26, 20223 min read
Book Review: This Rebel Heart [+ Links to Author interviews & Supportive/Study Material]
Katherine Locke surprises in this unique Post-WWII historical fiction.
Dec 16, 20222 min read
Book Review: Safekeeping
Written in 2012 and marketed as the "Novel of Tomorrow", Karen Hesse does not disappoint in resonating with a contemporary audience.
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Dec 14, 20222 min read
Book Review: The Red Palace [+ Link to Historical Supporting Material]
A review of June Hur's 2022 novel and a further look at the Joseon Dynasty.
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Dec 6, 20222 min read
Book Review: The Netanyahu's [+ Links to Study and Supporting Material]
Joshua Cohen wrote about a minor episode of a very famous family during arguably the most consequential decade of Jewish history.
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Nov 21, 20223 min read
Book Review: Feed [+ Link to Supportive Material for Academic Research or Bookclub]
M.T. Anderson's 2002 dystopian novel Feed is a prophetic look at our always connected, ever distracted, times.
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Nov 16, 20223 min read
Book Review: Land of Big Numbers [+ Link to Author Interview about the Book]
Chen's debut collection of short stories delivers a mix of commentary on China, its government, & the people at the heart of the nation.
Nov 10, 20222 min read
Book Review: A Spindle Splintered
A quick fun feminist fairytale mixed with childhood nostalgia and sapphic infatuation in the first book of the Fractured Fables series.
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Nov 5, 20222 min read
Book Review: The Cabin at the End of the World [+ Link to Author Interview]
Read Paul Tremblay's book before you watch M. Night Shyamalan's film Knock at the Cabin
Oct 28, 20222 min read
Book Review: The Woman in the Library
Sulari Gentill gives readers a classic whodunit with a metafiction twist
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