In preparation for my own WIP that’s set in a boarding school, I wanted to re-read the series that made me fall in love with boarding school books
Monthly Archives: September 2019
Author Spotlight: Jesmyn Ward
Jesmyn Ward is one of those award-winning authors you just know you have to read someday.
Babysitters Club: The Graphic Novels
Middle Grade graphic novels about babysitting that deal with BIG issues as well as the small ones.
Royal Holiday
My first foray into the work of Jasmine Guillory
Author Spotlight: Siobhan Vivian
I grew up on The Clique series, so I’m predisposed to this stuff.
The Testaments
After thirty-five years of waiting, most of which I didn’t participate in because I wasn’t born yet, the sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale is finally in the world.
The Goldfinch
In an effort to read the book before seeing the movie and finally join the world of real “readers” once more, I finally picked up The Goldfinch
Author Spotlight: Rachel Kushner
The only writer to ever be nominated for a National Book Award in Fiction for both a first and second novel, Rachel Kushner is clearly an author to watch
Unpregnant
I love a good book, but I also love babies, so when I came across a book billing itself as an abortion road-trip story, I was intrigued.
Permanent Record
I love going into a book knowing not a single thing about it
Author Spotlight: Michael Cunningham
OK, time to admit my bias. I love Michael Cunningham
Truly, Madly, Royally
I needed something sweet and wholesome and full of royalty, and wow, I found it with Truly, Madly, Royally
Aryssa Reads 