by envisionmg | Jan 26, 2023 | Alissa Recommends, Fiction, Literary Fiction
I have fallen into the habit of pre-ordering books that I am excited to read, and then they show up on my Kindle and I do not remember exactly why I ordered them. This means that I am reading books without preconceptions or specific expectations, and I am enjoying...
by envisionmg | Jan 23, 2023 | 2022 In Review, Angelina Reviews
The Nineties by Chuck Klosterman Discussing everything nineties, including film, music, sports, TV, politics, changes regarding race and class and sexuality, a New York Times bestselling author shows how this decade brought about a revolution in the human condition...
by envisionmg | Jan 19, 2023 | Non-fiction, Self-Help, Shilpa Reviews
I first picked up this book because the cover was gorgeous and the title intrigued me. But then I started reading it and couldn’t put it down. It appealed to me in so many ways. As an immigrant who moved to the United States in my late twenties, I have often felt that...
by envisionmg | Jan 12, 2023 | 2022 In Review, Shilpa Reviews
Self-Made Boys: A Great Gatsby Remix by Anna Marie McLemore Three teens chase their own version of the American Dream during the Roaring 20s in this YA remix of The Great Gatsby. A Costume for Charly by C.K. Malone Charly thinks outside the box to find a Halloween...
by envisionmg | Jan 9, 2023 | 2022 In Review, Alissa Reviews
We All Want Impossible Things by Catherine NewmanAs Edith, her best friend of forty-two years who is dying of ovarian cancer, spends her last days at a hospice near her, Ashley, stumbling around into heartbreak, helps Edith celebrate her life as they reminisce, hold...
