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Category Archives: Literary Fiction

The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters

The Berry Pickers is an immersive and stunningly written debut novel by Amanda Peters. Every summer, a Mi’kmaq family travels from Nova Scotia to Maine to

Posted byJasmine MarchandMarch 29, 2023March 29, 2023Posted inIndigenous, Indigenous literature, Literary FictionTags:book review, book review blog, Indigenous books, Indigenous voices, literary fictionLeave a comment on The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters

The Story of Us by Catherine Hernandez

The Story of Us is a stunning and emotional story told from the unique viewpoint of a newborn baby. Mary Grace “MG” Concepcion left her husband in

Posted byJasmine MarchandFebruary 13, 2023February 13, 2023Posted inFiction, Fiction, General Fiction, Literary FictionTags:book review blog, book reviews, fiction, lgbtqia fiction, literary fiction2 Comments on The Story of Us by Catherine Hernandez

The Crane Husband by Kelly Barnhill

The Crane Husband is a brilliant and lyrical retelling of The Crane Wife. An unnamed fifteen-year-old girl lives with her mother and younger brother on the r…

Posted byJasmine MarchandJanuary 12, 2023January 12, 2023Posted inLiterary Fiction, Magical RealismTags:book review, fairytale, fiction, folktale, magical realismLeave a comment on The Crane Husband by Kelly Barnhill

Endpapers by Jennifer Savran Kelly

Endpapers by Jennifer Savran Kelly is a stunning genderqueer book that follows one woman as she grapples with her gender identity. Dawn Levit, an aspiring

Posted byJasmine MarchandJanuary 5, 2023January 5, 2023Posted in2SLGBTQ, Literary FictionTags:book review, book review blog, fiction, lgbtqia fiction, literary fictionLeave a comment on Endpapers by Jennifer Savran Kelly

I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself

I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself by Marisa Crane (they/them) is an incisive portrayal of one family trying to survive the clutches of a government that reset…

Posted byJasmine MarchandJanuary 2, 2023January 2, 2023Posted inLiterary Fiction, Speculative FictionTags:book review, book review blog, fiction, lgbtqia fiction, speculative fictionLeave a comment on I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself

A History of Fear by Luke Dumas

A History of Fear reveals one man’s descent into madness. Scotland, 2017: Grayson Hale, an American grad student, callously murdered his classmate, blaming

Posted byJasmine MarchandOctober 31, 2022October 31, 2022Posted inGeneral Fiction, Horror, Literary FictionTags:book review, book review blog, fiction, horror, spooky readsLeave a comment on A History of Fear by Luke Dumas

Aesthetica by Allie Rowbottom

Aesthetica by Allie Rowbottom takes a sharp look at the dark side of social media. While Anna waits to go under the knife to reverse all of her past cosmetic

Posted byJasmine MarchandOctober 24, 2022October 24, 2022Posted inFeminism, Literary FictionTags:book review, feminism, literary fiction, social mediaLeave a comment on Aesthetica by Allie Rowbottom

The Bequest by Joanna Margaret

The Bequest is an atmospheric dark academia thriller, but it will not appeal to everyone. Isabel Henley just arrived in Scotland to begin her Ph.D. under the…

Posted byJasmine MarchandOctober 11, 2022October 11, 2022Posted inFiction, Literary Fiction, Mystery/SuspenseTags:book review, book review blog, dark academia, literary fiction, mysteryLeave a comment on The Bequest by Joanna Margaret

Lucy by the Sea by Elizabeth Strout

Elizabeth Strout returns with her sparse but beautiful prose in Lucy by the Sea, book four in the Amgash series. It’s the early days of 2020 when COVID-19 was

Posted byJasmine MarchandSeptember 19, 2022Posted inGeneral Fiction, Literary FictionTags:book review, book review blog, Elizabeth Strout, fiction, literary fictionLeave a comment on Lucy by the Sea by Elizabeth Strout

Didn’t Nobody Give a Shit What Happened to Carlotta by James Hannaham

Didn’t Nobody Give a Shit What Happened to Carlotta truly is an odyssey of one trans woman’s life as she transitions from being incarcerated to being released.

Posted byJasmine MarchandAugust 15, 2022August 15, 2022Posted in2SLGBTQ, Fiction, Literary FictionTags:2SLGBTQIA, book review, book review blog, fiction, literary fictionLeave a comment on Didn’t Nobody Give a Shit What Happened to Carlotta by James Hannaham

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