Category Archives: General fiction

The Cemetery of Untold Stories by Julia Alvarez – a Book Review

Posted on July 18, 2024 by Amy @ A Librarian and Her Books

Julia Alvarez is widely considered an icon in the realm of literature, and when you get the pleasure of reading her prose, you completely understand why. Her words are effortless and timeless. Having just passed the age of 74, it’s … Continue reading →

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Postcards From the Edge by Carrie Fisher – A Book Review

Posted on July 16, 2024 by Amy @ A Librarian and Her Books

Postcards From the Edge is Carrie Fisher’s novel , published in 1987, that marks the first book in the Suzanne Vale series. She would later publish the sequel in 2004 that continued the saga of Vale’s struggles with addiction and … Continue reading →

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Interesting Facts About Space by Emily Austin – a Book Review

Posted on June 10, 2024 by Amy @ A Librarian and Her Books

Honestly, my productivity lately has been just pure trash. This time, however, I think I got myself hung up on this particular book review. I’d start it, delete, and then close my page. I couldn’t quite figure out how to … Continue reading →

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Night Witch in Berlin by Joanna Brady – a Book Review

Posted on May 22, 2024 by Amy @ A Librarian and Her Books

I was first introduced to Joanna Brady, a Key West-based author of historical fiction, several years ago when my book club won copies of her first novel, The Woman at the Light. Though I was a total noob of a … Continue reading →

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Nosy Neighbors by Freya Sampson – a Book Review

Posted on May 20, 2024 by Amy @ A Librarian and Her Books

Every now and then you come across a book that’s exactly what you needed at exactly the right time. A palate cleanser, of sorts that pulls you out of the funk of reading some deep and depressing stuff. Nosy Neighbors … Continue reading →

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The Banned Bookshop of Maggie Banks by Shauna Robinson- a Book Review

Posted on May 14, 2024 by Amy @ A Librarian and Her Books

This title is an entry for my reading challenge for the year. It takes the first spot for the Alliterative Title pick. Synopsis Maggie Banks doesn’t really feel she has a purpose. There’s nothing she really wants to do, and … Continue reading →

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The Day Shelley Woodhouse Woke Up by Laura Pearson – a Book Review

Posted on April 30, 2024 by Amy @ A Librarian and Her Books

I failed spectacularly at getting the reading done for the April book club selection for Read Between the Wines. Sorry, Robert, I swear I meant to read your pick. So it’s only fitting that I blazed through the May selection … Continue reading →

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Poor Things by Alasdair Gray – a Book Review

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

Initial thought: What did I just read??? I think most people have at least heard of this novel at this point thanks to the film adaptation released in 2023 starring Emma Stone, Willem Defoe, and Mark Ruffalo. I haven’t yet … Continue reading →

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The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years by Shubnum Khan – a Book Review

Posted on April 24, 2024 by Amy @ A Librarian and Her Books

The world of publishing can be a fickle place. One minute vampires are trending to be replaced by witches or werewolves the next cycle. Things usually cycle back again, but it’s a bit like the tide going in and out. … Continue reading →

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The Prospectors by Ariel Djanikian – a Book Review

Posted on April 22, 2024 by Amy @ A Librarian and Her Books

In 1941, 100 copies of a memoir by Alice Edna Bush Berry were published privately by a small press. The book was called “The Bushes and the Berrys” and recounted the family histories of the Bush and Berry families and … Continue reading →

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