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The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich

May 11, 2020 by Rachel Leave a Comment

This book tackles the true story of the government’s attempt to terminate the Turtle Mountain Band of the Chippewa tribe in 1954. The Night Watchman follows several tribal members’ lives as they navigate this treacherous decision spurred on by a real Senator from Utah. We follow Thomas, the Night Watchman of jewel bearing plant (and he is based on the author’s grandfather), Pixie, who works at the jewel bearing plant and has dreams of a different life, and several other characters who are part of […]

Park Avenue Summer by Renee Rosen

April 27, 2020 by Rachel Leave a Comment

Park Avenue Summer is the fictionalized story of the revamp of Cosmopolitan magazine in the early 1960s. The novel is full of glamorous fashion, fancy lunches and dinner dates, and other glimpses of high society. Unfortunately, the plot fell flat for me. Our protagonist Alice is your typical small-town girl who somehow lands a position as a secretary for Cosmo editor Helen Gurley Brown through a series of meet-cutes. There is some mystery of Alice’s family, but I confess I have already forgotten the mystery […]

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Give Me All the Dystopian Mean Girls Drama

The Grace Year by Kim Liggett

April 23, 2020 by Rachel Leave a Comment

This was a creepy YA thriller that I do not recommend picking up late at night. You will stay up way past your bedtime reading this novel of messed up teenage girls forced into a life or death scenario. Learn from me, as I spent way too many nights reading past midnight. The Grace Year is set in a society somewhat like a fundamentalist cult in the 1800s. Tierney is our main character, a middle child in a large family who is about to experience […]

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The Institute by Stephen King

April 18, 2020 by Rachel Leave a Comment

Stephen King never disappoints me. The Institute is well-written, engaging, mysterious, slightly creepy, and upsetting. King is a master at developing characters and making us care deeply about them. Then he develops new sets of characters and brings everyone together for an amazing plot. But smarter people e have written about King’s works, so I will stop. But he always impresses me. We start with a former cop turned drifter who ends up in a small town working on a railroad. Nothing to see here, […]

Second Books in a Series Always Drag

Children of Virtue and Vengeance by Tomi Adeyemi

April 15, 2020 by Rachel Leave a Comment

This book is the second installment in the Legacy of Orisha series by Tomi Adeyemi. I enjoyed the first book, thanks to excellent character development and world-building. SPOILERS FOR THE FIRST BOOK FOLLOW!! After killing the evil King, Zelie and the King’s daughter work with other maji to fight against the evil Queen and the Prince, who is no longer on Zelie’s side. Now ordinary people like the Princess have magical powers, but those powers are slightly different from maji. Honestly, I don’t want to […]

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Emmalita on “Just Getting Along Shouldn’t Be an Ambition”This is such a great pick for the UnCannon category.
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Ellesfena on Still Not Sure How to Feel About This OneI’m not sorry I read it, but yeah, I think if I’d known a little more about the issues I would’ve skipped it too.

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