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Friday Favorites: Non-Fiction – River of Reads
Welcome to a new Friday Favorites post! This week I'll be discussing a genre that has never before been mentioned on this blog: Nonfiction! I've enjoyed non-fiction increasingly over the last few years. When I was younger I tended to mentally categorize nonfiction (with the exception of memoirs) with schoolwork and textbooks. Which is to…
Review: The Midnight Library by Matt Haig – River of Reads
The Midnight Library by Matt HaigPublished by: Viking on September 29th, 2020Genres: Contemporary Fiction, FantasyRating: ★★★★☆Description: Somewhere out beyond the edge of the universe there is a library that contains an infinite number of books, each one the story of another reality. One tells the story of your life as it is, along with another…
Review: These Shallow Graves by Jennifer Donnelly – River of Reads
These Shallow Graves by Jennifer Donnelly Published by: Delacorte Press on October 27, 2015 Genres: Historical fiction, YA Rating: ★★★★☆ Description: Jo Montfort is beautiful and rich, and soon—like all the girls in her class—she’ll graduate from finishing school and be married off to a wealthy bachelor. Which is the last thing she wants. Jo dreams of becoming a writer—a newspaper…
Review: Piranesi by Susanna Clarke – River of Reads
Piranesi by Susanna ClarkePublished by: Bloomsbury on September 15th, 2020Genre: FantasyRating: ★★★★☆Description: Piranesi's house is no ordinary building: its rooms are infinite, its corridors endless, its walls are lined with thousands upon thousands of statues, each one different from all the others. Within the labyrinth of halls an ocean is imprisoned; waves thunder up staircases,…
Review: This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger – River of Reads
This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger Published by: Atria Books on September 3, 2019 Genre: Historical Fiction, Coming-of-age Rating: ★★★★★ Synopsis: 1932, Minnesota—the Lincoln School is a pitiless place where hundreds of Native American children, forcibly separated from their parents, are sent to be educated. It is also home to an orphan named Odie O’Banion, a lively boy whose…
Review: Where the Forest Meets the Stars by Glendy Vanderah – River of Reads
Where the Forest Meets the Stars by Glendy Vanderah Published by: Lake Union Publishing on March 1st, 2019 Genre: Contemporary Fiction Rating: ★★★★☆ Description: After the loss of her mother and her own battle with breast cancer, Joanna Teale returns to her graduate research on nesting birds in rural Illinois, determined to prove that her recent hardships have…
Friday Favorites: Summer Reads | is seasonal reading even a thing? – River of Reads
Welcome to my first Friday Favorites post! I wanted something to write about besides book reviews, so I've decided to try a prompt (I got the idea from this blog post). Since summer is just around the corner, this week I'll be listing some of my favorite "summer reads". I don't necessarily mean books that…
Quarantine Baking | SO MANY CAKES – River of Reads
I'm taking a break from book-blogging to write about my other obsession: Baking! I've always loved baking, but in the past few months in particular, what with being stuck at home and the increased stress of daily life, I've been on a baking spree. Something about the world ending just gave me the urge to bake…
Fall TV Round-up | chess, hauntings, paris, and more! – River of Reads
If I'm being perfectly honest, the past few months haven't been very book-filled. What with virtual college, slogging through a never-ending workload, a deluge of final exams and projects, and - ahem - the global pandemic, I've lately been taking refuge in some delightful TV binges. Since I don't have much in the way of…
(Guest Post & Cover Reveal) 400 Years of New York History: A Pictorial Guide by Sasha Vosk – River of Reads
Today, I'm excited to welcome author Sasha Vosk, with a guest post to accompany the cover reveal for his upcoming book: 400 Years of New York History: A Pictorial Guide, Guest Post: My love affair with New York started a long time ago. As a young man living in the Soviet Union, I dreamed of traveling the…