Reviews

REVIEW: The Free State of Jax

I was already intrigued by the premise of Jennifer Nielsen’s upcoming middle grade novel, The Free State of Jax – a kid establishes a micronation on property he only thinks is abandoned – when I found out that it was set in Kansas. Besides adaptations and retellings of Little Women, the thing I am most…

Romancing Little Women

I usually am able to find something that I like about just about every Little Women retelling that I’ve read. Unfortunately, this doesn’t seem to be the case when it comes to Little Women retellings that take the story and situate it as part of the romance genre. This is not to say that I…

Goodbye, Goodreads?

If you’re my friend on Goodreads, you may have noticed that I haven’t posted a review in months, but that doesn’t mean that I’m not still reading! I’ve been reading well over 100 books a year since I started using Goodreads in 2018 after my colleagues from my internship at the Library of Congress encouraged…

Marmee’s Turn

When a colleague messaged me about Sarah Miller’s forthcoming Marmee, I knew I had to hop on NetGalley and request an ARC. Marmee is a Little Women retelling from the point of view of Mrs. March, or Marmee, as her daughters call her. Of course this book is right up my alley as a consumer…

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