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Book Review: The Vanishing Half: a novel by Brit Bennett
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Book Review: Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
As the blogger and photographer behind Living Outside the Stacks, I independently select and write about stuff I love and things I think you’ll enjoy too. Living Outside the Stacks has affiliate and advertising partnerships so I get revenue from sharing this content and from your purchase. Thank you for your support. It has been…
Book Review: Everybody Needs a Bridge by Colleen D. Scott
Disclaimer: This novel was sent to me free of charge from JKS Communications in exchange for a review. As always, the opinions given are my own. To read my rating system for books, click here. Author: Colleen D. Scott Genre: Young Adult Fiction Publisher: NKD Ventures Publication Date: 20 February 2018 Format: Paperback Pages: 273 ABOUT THE BOOK {from…
Book Review: The Twelve Tribes of Hattie by Ayana Mathis
Author: Ayana Mathis Genre: African American Fiction Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. Publication Date: 8 October 2013 Format: Kindle Edition Pages: 304 ABOUT THE BOOK {from the back of the book} In 1923, fifteen-year-old Hattie Shepherd, swept up by the tides of the Great Migration, flees Georgia and heads north. Full of hope, she settles in Philadelphia to build…
Book Review: No One is Coming to Save Us by Stephanie Powell Watts
Author: Stephanie Powell Watts Genre: Fiction Publisher: Ecco Release Date: 4 April 2017 Format: Hardcover Pages: 384 ABOUT THE BOOK {from the inside flap of the book} JJ Ferguson has returned home to Pinewood, North Carolina, to build his dream house and to pursue his high school sweetheart, Ava. But as he reenters his former world, where factories are…
Book Review: Cocoa Beach by Beatriz Williams
Author: Beatriz William Genre: Fiction Publisher: HarperLuxe Release Date: 27 June 2017 Format: Hardcover Pages: 376 ABOUT THE BOOK {from the inside flap of the book} France, 1917. Virginia Fortescue journeys overseas with the Red Cross in order to escape the claustrophobia of a childhood spent hiding her father’s criminal past. While driving an ambulance across the battlefields of…
Book Review: The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
Author: Angie Thomas Genre: Fiction Publisher: Balzer + Bray Release Date: 28 February 2017 Format: Hardcover Pages: 444 ABOUT THE BOOK {from the inside flap of the book} Sixteen~year~old Starr Carter moves between two worlds: the poor black neighborhood where she lives and the fancy suburban prep school she attends. The uneasy balance between these two worlds is shattered…
Book Review: The Women in the Castle by Jessica Shattuck
This book was provided to me free of charge by HarperCollins in exchange for an honest review. My review is part of the TLC Book Tour. Title: The Women in the Castle Author: Jessica Shattuck Genre: Fiction Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks Release Date: 28 March 2017 Format: Hardcover Pages: 353 ABOUT THE BOOK {from the inside flap of the book} Three…
Book Review: A Certain Age: A Novel by Beatriz Williams
This book was provided to me free of charge by HarperCollins in exchange for an honest review. My review is part of the TLC Book Tour. Title: A Certain Age: A Novel Author: Beatriz Williams Genre: Fiction Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks Release Date: Reprint Edition, 3 January 2017 Format: Paperback Pages: 352 ABOUT THE BOOK The bestselling author of A Hundred Summers brings the Roaring…