Coming soon (when available)! What to know about Whereabouts Whereabouts is set to be released on May 4th, 2021 by Knopf. It seems like a bit of an experimental project for Lahiri. She originally wrote this book in Italian, and then translated it herself into English. From an article about the book: “Feeling foreign in …
A Deadly Education (Scholomance #1), by Naomi Novik, is the first book from Novik’s planned Scholomance Trilogy. In Novik’s new series, the wizarding world is a dangerous one, full of monsters and creatures that feed on wizards and the power they possess. Meanwhile, El is a junior at the school who has unusually powerful natural …
Chapter 1: Soul-Eater Scholomance is a school of magic where Galadriel (“El”) is a student in her junior year. She needs to clean her room, but needs to gather power for a spell to do so. There are two types of power used to fuel spells: mana and malia. Malia draws from the life-force from …
The book is written as an “oral history.” Kind of like a documentary in written form with frequent splices and a range of points of view. Daisy Jones the Groupie (1965-1972). Daisy Jones is born in 1951 in Hollywood Hills (Los Angeles). Her parents are a well-known painter and a model. Daisy is rich, beautiful …
News of the World by Paulette Jiles was published back in 2017, but it’s a book I’ve been wanting to read for a while. It’s an uncomplicated and enjoyable read that transports you Reconstruction-era Texas with an easy swagger and charming drawl. For historical fiction fans, it works in a lot of detail about the …
