What I'm writing, What I'm reading
I received an Advance Reader’s Edition of Grown Ups by Emma Jane Unsworth from the publisher (Scout Press) in exchange for an honest review. Grown Ups is scheduled for release May 12, 2020. Grown Ups is the story of Jenny, a social-media obsessed woman in her thirties who is still working on how to be... Continue Reading →
I received a copy of Hello, Summer by Mary Kay Andrews from the publisher (St. Martin’s Press) in exchange for an honest review. Hello, Summer is scheduled for release May 5, 2020. Hello, Summer is the story of a woman returning to her childhood home in the small town south. Conley expected to be moving... Continue Reading →
I received an Advance Reading Copy of The Prisoner’s Wife by Maggie Brookes from the publisher (Berkley) in exchange for an honest review. The Prisoner’s Wife is scheduled for release on May 26, 2020. The Prisoner’s Wife is a novel inspired by a true story. Brookes states in her note at the end of the... Continue Reading →
1996 AD. I wake up in vomit. I am swimming in a viscous pool of funk on the thin, dingy blue carpet that covers the hall floor of my dorm. The smell is somewhere between battery acid and dog shit. As I slowly lift my head, I feel the sticky stretchiness of the tendrils running... Continue Reading →
I received an electronic advanced reader’s copy of Sin Eater by Megan Campisi from the publisher (Atria Books) in exchange for an honest review. Sin Eater is scheduled for release on April 7, 2020. May is an orphan who finds herself facing punishment for stealing. Expecting death, she is surprised to be sentenced as a... Continue Reading →
I received a copy of The Light in Hidden Places by Sharon Cameron from the publisher (Scholastic Press) in exchange for an honest review. The Light in Hidden Places is scheduled for release March 3, 2020. The Light in Hidden Places is based on the true story of a young woman in Poland during World... Continue Reading →
Once upon a time I wrote a poem about bioweapons... II come in the dark of night.The only sound a splash.I ride the rye downto the depths of the wellsnot seen by thosewho take waterto batheto drinkto cook the rice.Drawn deep by thirsty mouthsI begin my work.The people thinkthey see their enemy,projecting onto others what... Continue Reading →
I received an Advance Readers’ Edition of You Are Not Alone by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen from the publisher (St. Martin’s Press) in exchange for an honest review. You Are Not Alone is scheduled for release March 3, 2020. You Are Not Alone follows Shay, a young woman struggling to build a life in... Continue Reading →
I was thirteen when I met my first love. I was a dog walker that summer, taking three neighborhood doggos around the block four times a day. That meant I was sweaty and covered in dog fur, my hair straggling loose from the already not-so-great ponytail I had pulled it into, when I walked past... Continue Reading →
I received an Advance Reading Copy of Minor Dramas & Other Catastrophes by Kathleen West from the publisher (Berkley/ Penguin Random House) in exchange for an honest review. Minor Dramas & Other Catastrophes is scheduled for release on February 4, 2020. Minor Dramas & Other Catastrophes follows (primarily) two women. Isobel is a teacher at... Continue Reading →
Susan Monroe McGrath 