Category Archives: Literary Fiction

WWW Wednesday – February 7, 2024

Posted on February 7, 2024 by Amy @ A Librarian and Her Books

WWW Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Sam at Taking On a World of Words. In it, each blogger answers three questions: What are you currently reading? What have you recently finished? What will you read next? What am … Continue reading →

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A Good House For Children by Kate Collins – a Book Review

Posted on February 5, 2024 by Amy @ A Librarian and Her Books

There’s always room for another creepy old house story. I don’t particularly want to live in one, but I sure love reading about them. There’s another Kate Collins out there writing cozy mysteries with delightful titles such as “Dearly Depotted” and “Sleeping … Continue reading →

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The Ocean Above Me by Kevin Sites – a Book Review

Posted on January 29, 2024 by Amy @ A Librarian and Her Books

Kevin Sites is an award-winning journalist who published three nonfiction books using his expertise as a war correspondent prior to the release of this one, but this is his debut work of fiction. The novel follows Lukas Landon, a former … Continue reading →

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The Pole by J.M. Coetzee – a Book Review

Posted on November 29, 2023 by Amy @ A Librarian and Her Books

Coming in at only 166 pages, this little volume barely constitutes a book, but it manages to just tip the scale between novella and novel. This is deliberate on the part of Coetzee who has opted for what is described … Continue reading →

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Apples of Stone by Philip Marsh – a Book Review

Posted on November 16, 2023 by Amy @ A Librarian and Her Books

Philip Marsh was a local author, poet, and licensed clinical social worker based in the Ozarks where I live. I never got the chance to meet him, but I do know his brother, a lawyer in Springfield, who passed along … Continue reading →

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The Stargazer’s Sister by Carrie Brown – a Book Review

Posted on November 6, 2023 by Amy @ A Librarian and Her Books

I love this kind of book. The Stargazer’s Sister is the mostly-true story of Caroline Herschel, the also famous sister of legendary astronomer, William Herschel. Anyone with even a passing interest in astronomy will know his name, and even those … Continue reading →

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The People We Keep by Allison Larkin – a Book Review

Posted on November 2, 2023 by Amy @ A Librarian and Her Books

The People We Keep follows 16-year-old April Sawicki. Living alone in a motorhome technically owned by her deadbeat dad, her mother existing only in memories from before she ran off, April has only her own grit and willingness to break … Continue reading →

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All the Ugly and Wonderful Things by Bryn Greenwood – a Book Review

Posted on October 20, 2023 by Amy @ A Librarian and Her Books

I’m struggling with how to even start this review. It will be heavy, and more than slightly uncomfortable. Honestly, I’m kind of wishing I never lifted this book off the shelf. Maybe that’s why I haven’t posted a review SINCE … Continue reading →

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Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus – a Book Review

Posted on May 24, 2023 by Amy @ A Librarian and Her Books

Let me first preface this review by saying this is at once the most infuriating and most wondrous book I’ve read in a very long time. At first glance, I didn’t think this book would be an articulate work of … Continue reading →

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The One and Only (hopefully) Lazy Overwhelmed Blogger Post

Posted on April 6, 2023 by Amy @ A Librarian and Her Books

I decided I really needed to get myself much more caught up, so I’ve decided not to FULLY review some of my more recent reads from January through March of this year. One or two of them I will because … Continue reading →

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