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Category Archives: Literary Fiction

What We Both Know by Fawn Parker

What We Both Know explores the MeToo movement and how power imbalances can shift. ​With her father’s health condition deteriorating, Hillary Greene recently…

Posted byJasmine MarchandApril 21, 2022April 21, 2022Posted inLiterary FictionTags:book review, book review blog, book reviews, fiction, literary fiction5 Comments on What We Both Know by Fawn Parker

Kaikeyi by Vaishnavi Patel

Kaikeyi by Vaishnavi Patel is a retelling of the life of the eponymous queen from the Ramayana, an Indian epic poem. In the kingdom of Kekaya, Kaikeyi is…

Posted byJasmine MarchandApril 18, 2022April 25, 2022Posted inFantasy, Feminism, Literary FictionTags:book review, book review blog, epic, fantasy, mythologyLeave a comment on Kaikeyi by Vaishnavi Patel

Little Foxes Took Up Matches by Katya Kazbek

Little Foxes Took Up Matches is a sometimes dark, sometimes sweet coming-of-age tale. Mitya was just two when he swallowed his grandmother’s sewing needle…

Posted byJasmine MarchandApril 4, 2022April 4, 2022Posted inFiction, Historical Fiction, Literary FictionTags:book review, book review blog, fiction, historical fiction, literary fictionLeave a comment on Little Foxes Took Up Matches by Katya Kazbek

Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel

Sea of Tranquility will transport the reader throughout time. Emily St. John Mandel’s latest release loosely connects to her previous books…

Posted byJasmine MarchandMarch 30, 2022March 30, 2022Posted inLiterary Fiction, Science FictionTags:book review, Emily St. John Mandel, fiction, literary fiction, sci-fiLeave a comment on Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel

The Selfless Act of Breathing by J. J. Bola

The Selfless Act of Breathing is a powerful and emotional read. Looking at Michael Kabongo, no one would guess the inner turmoil he is experiencing…

Posted byJasmine MarchandJanuary 31, 2022January 31, 2022Posted inLiterary FictionTags:BIPOC authors, book review, diverse books, J. J. Bola, literary fictionLeave a comment on The Selfless Act of Breathing by J. J. Bola

Mrs Death Misses Death

Mrs Death Misses Death is a short novel, but is moving, and at times, difficult to read due to the subject matter. It is exhausting being Mrs Death…

Posted byJasmine MarchandJanuary 20, 2022January 20, 2022Posted inLiterary FictionTags:book review, book review blog, book reviews, literary fiction, literary fiction reviewLeave a comment on Mrs Death Misses Death

When We Lost Our Heads

When We Lost Our Heads by Heather O’Neill has a similar quality to it as when Marie Antoinette purportedly said, “Let them eat cake.”

Posted byJasmine MarchandJanuary 17, 2022January 17, 2022Posted inLiterary FictionTags:book review, book review blog, heather O’neill, literary fiction, when we lost our heads reviewLeave a comment on When We Lost Our Heads

The Department of Rare Books and Special Collections

The Department of Rare Books and Special Collections by Eva Jurczyk is a cozy read with a dash of mystery.
Liesl Weiss has worked as a librarian…

Posted byJasmine MarchandJanuary 3, 2022January 3, 2022Posted inFiction, Literary FictionTags:book review, book review blog, Eva Jurczyk, literary fiction, mystery book review2 Comments on The Department of Rare Books and Special Collections

Joan Is Okay by Weike Wang

Joan Is Okay is a short novel where not a lot happens, but a lot is brewing beneath the surface. Joan is in her mid-thirties and an ICU attending at a NYC ho…

Posted byJasmine MarchandDecember 31, 2021December 28, 2021Posted inFiction, Literary FictionTags:Asian American fiction, book review, book review blog, Joan is okay, literary fiction, Weike WangLeave a comment on Joan Is Okay by Weike Wang

The Latinist by Mark Prins

The Latinist by Mark Prins requires patience, and possibly, a love for Antiquity. I have an abundance of the latter, but not always the former.

Posted byJasmine MarchandDecember 30, 2021December 28, 2021Posted inFiction, Literary FictionTags:book blogger, book review, book review blog, fiction, literary fiction reviewLeave a comment on The Latinist by Mark Prins

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