TW: Islamophobia, xenophobia Beginning this book made me uneasy since it spends a lot of time setting up the plot and telling rather than showing.…
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Category: Historical Fiction
Bridge of Clay by Markus Zusak
I should start by saying that reading this book is challenging. It is a family history told in the form of a patchwork quilt, bouncing…
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All the Lives We Never Lived by Anuradha Roy
I adored this book so much. It was a really interesting, stirring, and captivating read. It centers on a man’s connection with his mother, who…
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Circe by Madeline Miller
“You threw me to the crows, but it turns out I prefer them to you.” Madeline Miller adapts the story of Circe, the daughter…
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These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong
As a unique adaptation of Romeo and Juliet, Chloe Gong creates a captivating world taking place in 1926 Shanghai, China. Juliett Cai is the heiress…
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Maus by Art Spiegleman
Reading both volumes of Maus by Art Spiegleman, it is easy to see why it was banned by the Tennessee school board, or generally less…
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Anatomy: A Love Story by Dana Schwartz
Anatomy: A Love Story takes place in 1817 in Edinburgh, following the story of Hazel Sinnett. Hazel’s deepest dream is to be a surgeon in…
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The Fountains of Silence by Ruta Sepetys
This historical fiction book takes place in a hotel in Madrid in 1957. Eighteen-year-old Daniel Matheson is staying at the hotel where Ana is working.…
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The Dutch House by Anne Patchett
“We had made a fetish out of our misfortune, fallen in love with it.” Ann Patchett’s The Dutch House is a book about family, love,…
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Midway, Movie Review
Often known as the turning point of the war in the Pacific theater, the Battle of Midway is accurately and thrillingly captured in the 2019…
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