Join the New Release Challenge for 2019

2019 New Release Challenge Sign-up About the 2019 New Release Challenge The 2019 New Release Challenge is a year-long challenge in which the hosts aim to read books released in 2019. Lexxie (un)Conventional Bookworms and Brandee are the sole hosts of the challenge, and they are happy to have as many people to sign up … Continue reading Join the New Release Challenge for 2019 →

Female Confidential

Book Review of "Vox: A Novel" by Christina Dalcher. This novel is set in the not too distant future, where institutional misogyny has reached such heights that women are now totally out of the workforce and females are only allowed to speak 100 words a day (and no cheating with sign language, either). The new … Continue reading Female Confidential →

A Village Education

Book Review of "The Bookshop" by Penelope Fitzgerald. It is 1959, and Florence Green is in Hardborough, a small seaside town in England’s East Anglia region, that doesn’t have its own book shop. This is something that Florence wants to fix. The only problem is, there seems to be some opposition to where she’s chosen … Continue reading A Village Education →

An Eve or a Lilith?

Book Review of "Ecstasy: A Novel of Alma Mahler" by Mary Sharratt Part of the blurb for this book on Goodreads says “Coming of age in the midst of a creative and cultural whirlwind, young, beautiful Alma Schindler yearns to make her mark as a composer. A brand-new era of possibility for women is dawning … Continue reading An Eve or a Lilith? →

The Difficulties of Devotions

Book Review of Sadness is a White Bird by Moriel Rothman-Zecher. According to Goodreads, Jonathan (or Yonatan) is “preparing to serve in the Israeli army while also trying to reconcile his close relationship to two Palestinian siblings with his deeply ingrained loyalties to family and country.” This novel is told in the form of a … Continue reading The Difficulties of Devotions →

Owning Your Team Colors

Book Review of "Green: A Novel" by Sam Graham-Felsen. Everyone knows that middle school is the worst. Not only are these kids thrown into a new environment with new teachers and a bunch of new kids, they’re also dealing with the onset of puberty and all those hormones. Into this traumatic situation, Graham-Felsen places his … Continue reading Owning Your Team Colors →

The Guestbook Spy

Book Review of "Not Quite Lost: Travels without a Sense of Direction" by Roz Morris It isn't often that I read non-fiction, but when I do, I often find travel books to be the most pleasurable way to remain within the realm of reality. However, sometimes these can be filled with long, drawn-out descriptions of … Continue reading The Guestbook Spy →

Constructing a Criminal

Book review of "Becoming Bonnie" by Jenni L. Walsh. Although their story is well over 80 years old, Bonnie and Clyde are infamous celebrities to this day; and while most of the facts about their criminal endeavors are readily available, mystery still shrouds most of their lives from before their meeting. This is just the … Continue reading Constructing a Criminal →

Guest Post: Co-Authors Anne Rothman-Hicks and Kenneth Hicks.

Weave a Murderous Web is a mystery novel by Anne Rothman-Hicks and Kenneth Hicks. In this guest post, they talk about their lives and their books. We both have a thing about New York City. Anne was born here and she never would have left except that her parents dragged her off to what was … Continue reading Guest Post: Co-Authors Anne Rothman-Hicks and Kenneth Hicks. →

Guest Author Post: Shoshanah Shear on "Healing Your Life Through Activity"

Since I don't often read/review non-fiction, I am pleased to have the privilege to present you with this guest author post about a book that sounds both helpful and fascinating.The Story behind Healing Your Life Through Activity - An Occupational Therapist's Storyby Shoshanah Shear Shortly after high school, I went to a career guidance counselor. … Continue reading Guest Author Post: Shoshanah Shear on "Healing Your Life Through Activity" →