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PINEAPPLE STREET Book Review

There’s nothing bad about Pineapple Street. But... there's nothing great about it, either.  My book review today is for a novel that was getting all the buzz when it came out in 2023. Pineapple Street was a GMA Book Club Pick, and it was nominated for not one, but two Goodreads Choice Awards: Readers' Favorite Fiction and Readers' Favorite Debut Novel.  After such illustrious praise, I cracked open Jenny Jackson's debut novel with great...

HELLO BEAUTIFUL Book Review

I’d seen Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano circling Bookstagram for almost a year before I read it. This family saga was receiving a lot of hype, and I’ve been disappointed by overhyped books before. What finally convinced me to read Hello Beautiful were two things: a book recommendation from Just Leave It to the Prose from my writing workshop group, and the fact that the story is loosely based around Little Women. As you may remember from...

THE MOTHER-IN-LAW Book Review

Love's a funny thing. I’m a big fan of weird and difficult love stories. This is because real love is never easy, and I like to see that fact realistically portrayed. And, sure, while romantic love can be mind-boggling at times, I happen to think that familial love takes the cake. It's perhaps the most twisted, complicated form of love there is. On that thought-provoking note, let's move into my book review of The Mother-in-Law. I decided to...