A Jew in the Woods Author: Berl Kagan Genre: Memoir Publication Date: August 18, 2026 Publisher: White Goat Press Thank you to NetGalley and White Goat Press for providing me with an ARC of this ebook in exchange for an honest review. “Life goes on even when you […]
I’m glad to see the end of this August. It was so hot and humid, and the summer was especially tough on me since I’m very intolerant of heat. Fortunately I saw a doctor who specializes in dysautonomia and he was very thorough. I have some more testing […]
The Winds of Maracaibo Author: María Elena Morán Genre: Literary Fiction Publication Date: July 28, 2026 Publisher: Knopf Thank you to NetGalley and Knopf for providing me with an ARC of this ebook in exchange for an honest review. A propulsive family drama, the story of a woman […]
We’re still having some temperature swings, but they’re heading in the warmer direction for the most part. It’s bananas to think that I have seen climate change alter weather patterns and they keep getting more extreme. As if my brain needed one more thing to worry about, here […]
All Quiet on the Western Front Author: Erich Maria Remarque, translated by Maria Tatar Genre: Historical Fiction Publication Date: March 6, 2026 Publisher: Penguin Classics Series: The Road Back #1 Thank you to NetGalley and Penguin Classics for sending me a copy of this book in exchange for […]
First Lines Fridays is a weekly feature for book lovers hosted by Wandering Words. What if, instead of judging a book by its cover, its author or its prestige, we judged it by its opening lines? The Rules: Pick a book off your shelf (it could be your […]
I have managed to amass so many books that I am really excited for this post. It isn’t going to take a lot of thinking back through lists of books that I have read and only vaguely recall. This week’s prompt is the first ten books I randomly […]
On Her Own Author: Lihi Lapid Genre: Suspense Publication Date: March 19, 2024 Publisher: HarperCollins A moving, page-turning story of two families in crisis that melds the clock-ticking tension of Laura Dave’s The Last Thing He Told Me with the “issue-driven” gravity of Jennifer Haigh’s Mercy Street. Watching […]
