The war, death and human atrocities continue in Gaza. A bombardment that began on October 7th, 2023 rages on with a constantly rising death toll…
Category: Reviews
Reviews of specific books with a rating by Haddi or Hannah
Salt Houses by Hala Alyan
Star Review As the war, genocide and humanitarian crisis rage on in Gaza, I continue to read a multiplicity of books, both fiction and non-fiction…
Book Review: The Romanov Empress
The Romanov Empress: A Novel of Tsarina Maria Feodorovna – C.W. Gortner Lately, I’ve been on an Imperial Russian history binge and I do love…
The Barbizon: The Hotel That Set Women Free
The Barbizon – Paulina Bren When I picked up this book at the library I wasn’t sure what to expect. I had never heard of…
Book Review: The Dictionary of Lost Words
The Dictionary of Lost Words – Pip Williams I didn’t know what to expect from this book but I had heard good things about it…
Book Review: The Shape of Darkness
The Shape of Darkness – Laura Purcell I have read several of Laura Purcell’s gothic novels and have enjoyed them all! Some were better than…
Book Review: ‘Remembering Shanghai’
Remembering Shanghai: A Memoir of Socialites, Scholars, and Scoundrels – Isabel Sun Chao and Claire Chao Memoir is not my usual go-to genre and oftentimes…
Palestine Peace not Apartheid by Jimmy Carter
This post is a long time coming. I finished “Palestine Peace not Apartheid” in late October and just haven’t been able to bring myself to…
A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers
– It Completes Me! I have a friend with whom I share very similar taste in books. Not everything she loves I love, or vice-versa,…
The Last American Man
– It’s Okay It’s not every day a skinny little, 271 page book leaves you deeply conflicted and wrestling both with what you enjoyed about…