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...
by envisionmg | Jul 31, 2015 | Fiction, Staff Review
Reviewed by Jen “A charming restaurant A book and its mysterious author A little secret A romantic meeting Paris and all its magic . . . Cyrano de Bergerac meets Chocolat and Amélie in this intelligent, charming, and entertaining publishing sensation from...
by envisionmg | Jul 22, 2015 | Fiction, Staff Review
Reviewed by Linda Joey Rubin, a single woman working as an architect in Manhattan is given a chance to prove her skills by overseeing the restoration of the Stanway House in the Cotswold’s of England. This is the home that inspired the story Peter Pan, Joey’s...
by envisionmg | Jul 20, 2015 | Memoir, Rachel Reviews, Staff Review
Staff review by Rachel Amy Poehler is a funny lady (and if you don’t think so, maybe this review isn’t for you). She’s smart and talented and unafraid to speak her mind or stand up for herself. And, boy, I did not know that I admired her until I started reading this...
