I enjoyed this book immensely but I have some issues with the style and also with the ending. Still, I heartily recommend it if you want a light, fun read that tells a story from a point of view many of us are not familiar with: a thirty something Muslim woman who is devout and modern at the same time. Sofia Khan works in publishing. She’s newly single and her sister is getting married. Her parents worry that she will never find a husband and […]
Finding Libbie
Emily is a young woman, in her early thirties who is helping her grandmother pack up the family farm. Her grandmother had sold the farm like most people in the area to developers. It is in her packing that she discovers a secret about her father, he had been married before he married her mother. We then travel back in time to see her father, Jack, and Libbie’s story. Jack and Libbie are opposites in town. Libbie lives on the lake in town where all […]
Everything We Keep
Imagine. You’re engaged to your childhood sweetheart. It’s your wedding day. But instead of wearing white, you’re wearing black. It’s the church you were supposed to be married in, but instead of attending a wedding, you’re attending a funeral. And not just any funeral, but the funeral of you’re fiancé. This is where we meet Aimee. Instead of spending what’s supposed to be the best day of her life celebrating her marriage and future with her new husband, she is burying him instead. He was left […]
The Hidden Chamber
I got on the library queue for this book because I knew that it contains “The Monarch of the Glen,” which is the novella follow-up to American Gods. I am committed to my American Gods love, and wanted to complete my library of knowledge of all things Shadow. But this book, oh, this wonderful book. It’s a collection of some of the most beautiful poetry and short stories, in perfect Gaiman-ian language, set in dark landscapes that are undeniably his. I could pick these works […]