Although I am no longer a teenager, I highly enjoyed John Green’s latest novel Turtles All the Way Down. Ever since I read that book, I have been continuously thinking about the ways that we can be more empathetic towards people with mental illness. Check out this review to see why. Since I am aContinue reading “Book Reviews From the Vault: Turtles All the Way Down”
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The Island of Sea Women Book Review
In my review of The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane by Lisa See, I mentioned the concept of how fiction can help connect readers to the facts. For a brief bit, I also discussed that if the author focuses on the facts too much, then it would start sounding like a Master’s Thesis. Not onlyContinue reading “The Island of Sea Women Book Review”
Book Reviews From the Vault: Glass Houses
I usually do not read a lot of mysteries, but when I first started reading the Chief Inspector Armand Gamache series by Louise Penny, it got me hooked! Find out why with my review of the 13th book in the series Glass Houses! With a lot of book series, there is a risk of qualityContinue reading “Book Reviews From the Vault: Glass Houses”
The Four Sworn: Spring Equinox Book Review
Full disclosure: I was guided to this particular title based on the recommendation of a good friend of mine in exchange for an honest review. Books have many focuses or stress different elements. Some are plot-driven; some are atmosphere motivated, and others emphasize characters. When a novel does this, the other elements can sometimes fallContinue reading “The Four Sworn: Spring Equinox Book Review”
Book Reviews From the Vault: Always Look on the Bright Side of Life, A Sortabiography
There were a multitude of reasons why I started reviewing books and sharing them with others. One of them was this particular author Eric Idle. He has a reader’s blog on his website, and he would promote it on Twitter. I thought that this was so interesting that I wanted to do it myself. SoContinue reading “Book Reviews From the Vault: Always Look on the Bright Side of Life, A Sortabiography”
Confessions of a Campaign Manager Book Review
Confessions of a Campaign Manager Book Review Full disclosure: I was given a free PDF copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. I am not usually the type to read about politics in a straight manner. However, since I recently read Confessions of a Campaign Manager by Bharat Krishnan, it allowed meContinue reading “Confessions of a Campaign Manager Book Review”
Book Reviews From the Vault: Where’d You Go Bernadette
Before I started this website, I had posted reviews of books on social media. Since I have been reviewing books for a year now, I wanted to show you these posts in a new series called “Book Reviews From the Vault!” starting with the excellent Where’d You Go Bernadette by Maria Semple. I run aContinue reading “Book Reviews From the Vault: Where’d You Go Bernadette”
Before We Were Yours Review
If you were to ask me what one of my favorite books was, I would immediately say Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate. I read this book about a year ago, and I loved it the moment I read the first page. It is historical fiction at its best; it creates an emotionally grippingContinue reading “Before We Were Yours Review”
Hi Everybody!
Hi Everybody! My name is Emily Blakowski, and I work at two public libraries in southeast Michigan. At one of them, I facilitate a book club, where we read a wide variety of novels. I started reviewing books in October 2018 with my Facebook page “Book Reviews by a Person Who Reads Everything” after aContinue reading “Hi Everybody!”
Book Reviews by a Chick Who Reads Everything 