Around the World in 80 Trees by Jonathan Drori
I adored this book. I initially bought it as a father’s day gift because the illustrations were so beautiful (and it looked up my Dad’s alley) but once he was done I stole it to read for myself. It IS beautifully illustrated and also quirky and interesting. I read it slowly over months so that I … [Read more]
Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows by Balli Kaur Jaswal
This book was everywhere for awhile, so I’m late to the party but at least I made it! I am a sucker for Indian diaspora books (and books about India in general)- I couldn’t get enough post-colonial lit in college and it left me with an enduring affection for female Indian authors (The God of Small … [Read more]
Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut
I never took an American lit class in college, so I am still attempting to fill the holes with some of the seminal authors that I missed, Kurt Vonnegut being one. I read Slaughterhouse Five years ago and mostly what I remember is it being weird- which prepared me for Breakfast of Champions. The … [Read more]
The Complaints by Ian Rankin
I have a real soft spot for Ian Rankin’s John Rebus series- they were the first mystery series I read where it felt like the location was a character (and a real location I could visit). I still remember how keen I was on my first visit to Edinburgh to visit the places that Rankin described. While I … [Read more]
The Suspect (Karl Alberg, #1) by L.R. Wright
I'm not quite sure how to talk about this one! I had never heard of it before I went searching for a book to fill this specific Read Harder challenge (⇣), and I'd never heard of the author, either. I don't think it's because she was Canadian, I think it's because she was popular in the 80s and early … [Read more]
Meet Cute Club (Sweet Rose, #1) by Jack Harbon
This did not make for a good reading experience. The only reason I'm not rating it one star is because there was nothing egregiously wrong with it, and because I didn't hate it. Not exactly a lot going for it if that's the best I have to say. This had an extremely cute-sounding plot, but the book … [Read more]
