Pieces of Her by Karin Slaughter Andy is the thirty-year-old, somewhat late-blooming daughter of Laura, a beloved speech pathologist and pillar of the community. As they’re having lunch to celebrate Andy’s birthday, Laura becomes involved in a random shooting and reveals skills she shouldn’t possess given the background Andy knows of her mother. After a …
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Mar 18
Book Review: Cultish
Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism by Amanda Montell As expected, a book on linguistics and cults was exactly within the Venn intersect of my interests and fulfilled the promises of the promo. However, I didn’t expect that a book on linguistics and cults would make me laugh out loud in more than one part. The …
Aug 24
Book Review: Harmony
Harmony by Carolyn Parkhurst This book doesn’t go where I thought it was going to go. It’s slightly askew from a typical psycho-thriller, and slightly darker than a typical Jodi Picoult-type of story about a sibling of a non neurotypical child. It’s the story of the Hammond family with Josh, Tilly, an A-spectrum pre-teen, her …