"All this time she’d thought death was coming for her, but perhaps it was she who was death coming for everyone else." Vern - seven months pregnant and desperate to escape the strict religious compound where she was raised - flees for the shelter of the woods. There, she gives birth to twins, and plans … Continue reading Pages Review | Sorrowland by Rivers Solomon (eARC)
“Gradually the waiting began to feel less like waiting and more like this was simply what life was: the distracting tasks undertaken while the thing you are waiting for continues not to happen.” A sharply intelligent novel about two college students and the strange, unexpected connection they forge with a married couple. Frances is twenty-one … Continue reading Pages Review | Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney
"The trouble with abuse of any kind is that until you can claim it, it claims you." At the age of seven, Barbara witnesses a frightening incident between her parents. She goes on to spend much of her childhood toggling between the happy family she longs for and the unhappy one she’s in but can’t … Continue reading Pages Review | The Red Kitchen (A Memoir) by Barbara Clarke ARC
"All we are is intelligent dirt." Lone wolf coffee-slinger and accidental oneironaut Edie Stacks has her life turned upside down by reality-altering lucid dreams, and space invaders! Off My Feet is a Neverwhere-meets-Inception psychedelic chronicle of female experience where trust is learned the hard way, the hard knocks of life are explored, and love and … Continue reading Pages Feature | “Off My Feet” by Rachel Tremblay
"Live in the now. The past is the past. Tomorrow isn't here yet." Mindfulness takes a lot of mental energy to wrap your brain around. Gudetama is here to help you become a better person…sort of. Empathizing with others, understanding your feelings, learning to be selfless. These all sound like really hard things to do! … Continue reading Pages Feature | “Gudetama: Mindfulness for the Lazy” by Wook-Jin Clark eARC
