by envisionmg | Dec 15, 2022 | Alissa Reviews, Fiction, Literary Fiction
I am not going to look back through my previous reviews to see how many books I have declared are the “best book I have read all year,” or “all-time top ten favorite,” but as I am prone to hyperbole, I think a lot of books share this “honor.” And when I declare it, I...
by envisionmg | Dec 12, 2022 | Ari Reviews, Fiction, Historical Fiction
Based on a true story, The Forty Elephants takes the reader into the dark underworld of 1920’s London and the all girl gang called the “Forty Elephants” whom the main character Alice Diamond becomes part of. In the beginning of the book we meet Alice who is struggling...
by envisionmg | Dec 8, 2022 | Alissa Reviews, Fiction
Here is a book that jumped up to the top of my favorite-books-of-2022 list, and I doubt that I will read another book this year that will nudge it out of first place. The story has small-town, heartwarming appeal and has multiple narrators/perspectives; my favorite...
by envisionmg | Dec 5, 2022 | Alissa Reviews, Fiction
Meena Dave, the main character in Namrata Patel’s novel The Candid Life of Meena Dave, is a photojournalist and traveler. Meena allows her photography to lead her in her journeys, and prefers to live without a home base, without roots, and with no long-term...
by envisionmg | Dec 1, 2022 | Fiction, Historical Fiction, Max Reviews, YA, YA Fiction
I was excited when The Great Gatsby entered the public domain last year, and Anna-Marie McLemore’s Self-Made Boys did not disappoint! This young adult remix of The Great Gatsby provides layers of complexity and nuance to the familiar characters and story. This...
by envisionmg | Nov 28, 2022 | Alissa Reviews, Fiction
Iona Iverson’s Rules for Commuting is told from multiple perspectives, from the viewpoints of a group of strangers who ride the train every day, yet never interact. They have all noticed each other, and even have nicknames for each person, based on their...
