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Category: Books

I have honest and completely biased – cause I’m human – reviews on all the books I’ve been reading since December of 2016.

Books

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

October 20, 2017 RaeAnna

A look into the psyche and thought process of a teen boy with Autism. He goes on an adventure to solve a mystery but solves a much larger one.

Tagged Book Blog, Book Review, Bookish Liaisons, British Author, Fiction, Mark Haddon, Novel, RaeAnna Rekemeyer, Random House, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time, Vintage BooksLeave a comment
Books, Fiction

Bridges

October 6, 2017 RaeAnna

The plot is flat, and the characters are superficial at best. For having a grammar police of a main character, the syntax is riddled with errors. The cover is incredibly misleading. Overall, it reads like a sub par young adult novel.

Tagged Bad Book, Beach Read, Book Blog, Book Review, Bookish Liaisons, Bookish Lifestyle, Bookstagram, Bridges, Influencer, Maria Murnane, RaeAnna Rekemeyer, Reader, Self PublishedLeave a comment
Books, Fiction

Children of the Jacaranda Tree

October 3, 2017 RaeAnna

The complexities of being a parent making choices forever impacting children, and children forever remembering and reeling from their parents’ choices.  

Tagged Atria Paperback, Book Blog, Book Review, Bookish, Bookish Liaisons, Books, Bookstagram, Children of the Jacaranda Tree, Feminist Author, Iranian Author, RaeAnna Rekemeyer, Sahar Delijani, Simon & SchusterLeave a comment
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Cancel the Wedding

September 30, 2017 RaeAnna

After her mother’s death, a young woman realizes how little she knows about her mother and herself. She goes on a journey to find both with her niece by her side.

Tagged Book Blog, Book Review, Bookish Liaisons, Cancel the Wedding, Carolyn T. Dingman, Fiction, Fiction Review, HarperCollins, HarperCollins Publishers, RaeAnna Rekemeyer, Romance, Southern Life, Southern LivingLeave a comment
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Blackass

September 25, 2017 RaeAnna

A modern retelling of Kafka’s Metamorphosis exploring identity through race in Lagos, Nigeria after a black man wakes up as a white man. 

Tagged A. Igoni Barrett, Black Literature, Blackass, Book Blog, Book Review, Bookish, Bookish Liaisons, Bookstagram, Bookworm, Fiction, Fiction Review, Graywolf Press, Nigerian Writer, Penguin Random House, RaeAnna Rekemeyer, Vintage BooksLeave a comment
Books, Fiction

Blueprints for Building Better Girls

September 21, 2017 RaeAnna

A collection of eight stories loosely connected exploring the pressures of being female in a rapidly changing world.

Tagged Blueprints for Building Better Girls, Book Blog, Book Review, Bookish, Bookish Liaisons, Elissa Schappell, Feminism, Feminist Writer, RaeAnna Rekemeyer, Simon & SchusterLeave a comment

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RaeAnna is a wandering bibliophile, dog mama, foodie, advocate, fashionista, linguist, and more. If she's not pantsless at home with her dog, she's out with friends, trying new foods, or on the road adventuring.

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