Tag: review
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Review: The Penguin Book of Witches
It’s no secret that I love reading books about witches and I’ve reviewed a fair few of them here on the blog (A Discovery of Witches, The Thinking Woman’s Guide to Real Magic, and others). When Penguin offered me a copy of the new Penguin Book of Witches edited by Katherine Howe, I jumped at…
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Mourning the loss
When e-readers first came out I was among their loudest critics. How could they possibly simulate holding a book? Wouldn’t reading on a device take away the essential “readingness” of the experience? During my freshman year at Kenyon, a student was selling a brand new kindle for about half-price; I took this as a sign that…
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Book Review: The Diviners by Libba Bray
Summary: Evie O’Neill has been a very bad girl. After pushing a party trick too far and exposing a scandal she’s sent off to live in New York City with her crazy Uncle William who runs The Museum of American Folklore, Superstition, and the Occult. It’s the days of bobbed hair and bathtub gin but Evie’s secret powers…
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Book Review: When She Woke by Hillary Jordan
When She Woke By Hillary Jordan Published October 4, 2011 Mode read: Hardcover Summary: Set in the future United States when the extreme right has taken over, When She Woke tells the story of a woman who has committed the crime of abortion but refuses to disclose the name of the father. It follows much the same story…
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Book Review: City of Women by David R. Gillham
City of Women by David R. Gillham Published August 7, 2012 Mode read: ARC Summary: City of Women is set in Germany during the Second World War and tells the story of a young woman whose circumstances suddenly make it impossible to ignore Hitler’s mission. Sigrid appears to be the perfect Aryan woman, working for the cause and…
The Library of Alexandra 