If you’re looking for a light read about a modern woman navigating two worlds and an abusive mother, Yi Shun Lai’s book is for you. Yes, I know that sounds like an oxymoron.
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Dietland by @QueSaraiSera #BookReview
“I couldn’t say the f-word, I couldn’t say fat, I never said it out loud, I hating the way it sounded. I preferred a variety of euphemisms: overweight, curvy, chubby, zaftig, even obese.”
#BookReview The Summer She Was Under Water @QFPress @MichalskiJen
He’s into craft beer and soccer (totally unAmerican) and crosses his legs in such a way that suggests he’s effeminate. What did Sam see in him?
Rainbow Valley #20BooksofSummer #YAlit #AnneofGreenGables
She almost died of “pewmonia,” for instance.
Single Stroke Seven #readwomen #drummer #bookreview #20BooksofSummer
While the book goes at 100mph and doesn’t let up, it’s also relevant to today.
The Diverse Books Tag #diversebookbloggers
Naz over at Read Diverse Books has challenged everyone to read more diversely.
Explosion
Over 14 stories the message adds up to a strong, unmistakable picture of an oppressive, anti-female Russia
Jackpot
Jackpot by Tsipi Keller published by Spuyten Duyvil press, 2004 Tsipi Keller wrote an intense trio of books that all “psychological portraits” of women. In her “Meet the… Read more “Jackpot”
Meet the Writer: Heather Dorn
My mouth persisted. And the more I said the word, the stranger it became to me.
This Time, While We’re Awake
…a tour de force of futurism with just enough familiarity to be chillingly compelling.
