SunitaBook Club / Essays3 Comments

Dear Readers, Welcome to the third week of our readalong/discussion of Mikhail Bulgakov’s The Master and Margarita. You can find the introductory post here, Week 1 here, and Week 2 here. Sirius and I will be talking about everything through Chapter 26, which takes us more than three-quarters of the way ... more >

SunitaBook Club / Essays12 Comments

Dear Readers, Welcome to the second week of our readalong/discussion of Mikhail Bulgakov’s The Master and Margarita. Our introductory post is here and you can catch up with last week’s discussion here. We’re now halfway through our four-week project, at the end of Book 1. I was frequently lost last ... more >

July 13, 2018

REVIEW: The Ninety-Ninth Bride by Catherine Faris King

Joanne RenaudA Reviews / Recommended Reads#ownvoices / bride / fairy tale / fairy tale retelling / Fantasy / Historical Fantasy / Middle East / YA3 Comments

Dear Catherine Faris King: We should all know the story of Scheherazade, right? It’s the frame story of the Arabian Nights, and famous enough in its own right. Once there was a murderous king, who, after he finds his first wife to be unfaithful, marries dozens of women, murdering every ... more >

SunitaBook Club / Essays12 Comments

Dear readers, Welcome to the first week of our readalong and discussion of Mikhail Bulgakov’s 20th century classic. As we said last week, we’ll be reading the book in four sections, and today we’ll talk about ch. 1-9. Sunita: For the purposes of this conversation, I’m the total newbie. I’m ... more >

July 6, 2018

REVIEW: Bed of Flowers by Erin Satie

JennieA- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsBeauty-and-the-Beast / Sweetness and Light SeriesNo Comments

Dear Ms. Satie: I have you in my mind as one of a handful of authors I’ve liked but haven’t read enough of – meaning I always mean to read more of your work but somehow life interferes and I forget, until I’m reminded again. Anyway, when I heard that ... more >

July 5, 2018

REVIEW: Dear Mrs. Bird by A. J. Pearce

JayneA- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsEngland / First-Person / Historical / Historical fiction / journalism / London / War / Military / World War II9 Comments

An irresistible debut set in London during World War II about an adventurous young woman who becomes a secret advice columnist— a warm, funny, and enormously moving story for fans of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society and Lilac Girls. London, 1940. Emmeline Lake is Doing Her Bit ... more >