by envisionmg | Oct 7, 2015 | Non-fiction, Staff Review
By Jim Mezrich’s Once Upon a Time in Russia: The Rise of the Oligarchs is a hard book to categorize, which says to my mind that it will appeal to a wide variety of readers. It could be read as a history of Russia in the 1990s and early 2000s; it could be read as...
by envisionmg | Sep 30, 2015 | Non-fiction, Staff Review
Reviewed by Rachel At some point, every one of us embarks on a journey to find love. We meet people, get into and out of relationships, all with the hope of finding someone with whom we share a deep connection. This seems standard now, but it’s wildly different from...
by envisionmg | Sep 8, 2015 | Fiction, Staff Review
Staff review by Rachel Detective Gabriella Versado has seen a lot of bodies, but this one is unique even by Detroit’s standards: half-boy, half-deer, somehow fused. The cops nickname him “Bambi,” but as stranger and more disturbing bodies are discovered, how can the...
by envisionmg | Aug 17, 2015 | Rachel Reviews, Staff Review, YA Fiction
Staff review by Rachel Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children is a book that has been lingering on my tbr list for years, and I finally read it as my #ReadHarder pick for an independently published book. Unfortunately, it was kind of meh once I’d...
by envisionmg | Aug 10, 2015 | Fiction, Rachel Reviews, Staff Review
Staff review by Rachel Here’s the thing: I really loved Station Eleven (to the point where my review notes included such helpful phrases as “ZOMG” and “more, please”). After being completely underwhelmed by another post-apocalyptic foray...
by envisionmg | Aug 5, 2015 | Non-fiction, Staff Review
Staff review by Rachel I don’t remember when “feminist” became such a buzz word in the pop culture strata during the last 3-5 years, but I do know that I started noticing it in my vocabulary a lot just last year. I may not have all my beliefs in...
