Category: Women Writers
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Gothikana by RuNyx
Rating: 3/5, average There’s a trend going around to look up “book” in the search bar on Tiktok and the one that comes up is supposed to describe you. I did that and got Gothikana by RuNyx. I was intrigued by the gothic theme and several passionate negative reviews I saw on YouTube. Gothikana is…
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The Location Shoot by Patricia Leavy
Ella has a bit of sexual philosophy: she says, “you should only sleep with people you’ll always love or people you’ll never love.”
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I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy
Is it okay to be glad over an abuser’s death, and if so, is it okay to express that feeling? In what contexts? What other factors impact the answer, such as the severity of the abuse or the feelings of others toward the deceased? What does it mean to feel relief or anger at the…
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The Invisible Hiker by Kira Harland
Rating: 4/5, good Full disclosure: This is my cousin’s book and I edited the first four chapters. The Invisible Hiker is the autobiographical tale of Kira, a woman in her 20s who suffers from Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), hiking the John Muir Trail (JMT) with her father, John, and her cousin, Melissa. It’s called The…
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Strange Practice by Vivian Shaw
If you’re looking for a comfort read with supernatural characters, look no further…
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The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell
Rating: 3/5, average TW: sexual assault If this book wasn’t chosen for book club, I would have never picked it up. I’m Jewish and not terribly religious, so when I hear a book is about Catholic priests, I’m immediately turned off. I got in the habit of tuning out Christian stuff by skipping out on…
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Lightning Strike by Catherine Asaro
Rating: 3/5, average This one I read with the local book club. I probably wouldn’t have picked it up otherwise, and I might have even skipped it if I didn’t know it was by a woman writer with a PhD in Chemical Physics. The cover on Amazon looks really cheesy, but the writing isn’t too…
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The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon
Rating: 4/5, good I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It reminded me of how fun fantasy novels can be! When I was reading this, I was reading it only at night and I was super excited to go to bed because I could read it before going to sleep. It was a little intimidating at around…