Category: Books

Mailbag: August ARCs

I never understood the idea of “small dreams” until I started receiving unsolicited advance reader copies (ARCs) of soon-to-be-published books in the mail, and felt...

Dreams of War

I bought Brown Girl Dreaming for my daughter for Christmas, and now I am reading a poem to her each night before bed. Last night...

The Architect’s Apprentice

The Architect’s Apprentice has the most beautiful cover. It’s a book cover that promises a rich and intricate story, full of mystery and love and...

‘Trade Me’ is Pretty Good

It might seem like I blog a review of every book I read, but I don’t. For example, as a research exercise for my NaNo-reboot...

Global Reading Challenge

As so many significant events in my life, it happened at the library. It all started with a stack of bookmarks printed with a list...