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Jody
First Look Club: Jody reviews Diary of a Void by Emi Yagi
Posted on October 6, 2022| Posted in Book Reviews, First Look Club
The Diary of a Void is an interesting novel about women, work, and the womb. It’s made me think about not just what potentials babies hold, but what the potentials of women are. Read Jody's review on the blog.
First Look Club: Jody reviews I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki by Baek Se-hee
Baek Sehee unpacks boxes that have to do with family, romantic relationships, work, her appearance, and the process of organizing all these isn’t clear cut—they get jumbled, misplaced, and brought out again and again even after being placed in the right spot. Read the review on the blog.
First Look Club: Jody reviews Tokyo Dreaming by Emiko Jean
Posted on April 21, 2022| Posted in Book Reviews
Tokyo Dreaming is a seamless sequel that those who enjoyed the first book will be glad to pick up. I particularly liked how everything came together at the climax of the book. Read Jody's review on the blog.
First Look Club: Jody reviews Gallant by V.E. Schwab
Posted on February 16, 2022| Posted in Book Reviews
One of the things I noticed immediately about Gallant was the way it was written. There was an eeriness that tinged each of the scenes and the entire setting. I loved how easily it drew me in and how it kept me guessing too. Read Jody's review on the blog.
First Look Club: Jody reviews Daughter of the Moon Goddess by Sue Lynn Tan
Posted on December 31, 2021| Posted in Book Reviews, First Look Club
For those interested in training montages, the classic friends-to-lovers trope, and a story packed with drama, tea, and dragons, you might want to give this book a shot. Read Jody's review on the blog.
The Best Books of 2021
We've seen a lot of interesting reads published this year. What's the best one you've read so far? Find out what the Best Books of 2021 are, according to our resident bookworms, the First Look Club, and members of the Bookworm Corner community.
First Look: Matrix by Lauren Groff
Posted on August 6, 2021| Posted in Book Reviews, First Look Club
Marie, born the last in a long line of women warriors and crusaders, is determined to chart a bold new course for the women she now leads and protects. But in a world that is shifting and corroding in frightening ways, one that can never reconcile itself with her existence, will the sheer force of Marie’s vision be bulwark enough?
First Look Club: Jody reviews Matrix by Lauren Groff
Posted on August 5, 2021| Posted in Book Reviews, First Look Club
Lauren Groff's literary fiction is a book that challenges people to think about power and women. Matrix is an adventurous and thrilling read that is exceptionally captivating. Read Jody's review on the blog.
First Look Club: Jody reviews Lorna Mott Comes Home by Diane Johnson
Posted on July 21, 2021| Posted in First Look Club
Diane Johnson brings readers into the dreamy and anxiety-filled American world of Lorna Mott Dumas, where much has changed and where she struggles to create a new life to support herself in Lorna Mott Comes Home. Read Jody's review on the blog.
First Look: From Little Tokyo, with Love by Sarah Kuhn
Posted on May 8, 2021| Posted in First Look Club
"I absolutely adored this funny, fierce, big-hearted book.”
—Morgan Matson, New York Times bestselling author of Save the Date
Celebrated author Sarah Kuhn reinvents the modern fairy tale in this intensely personal yet hilarious novel of a girl whose search for a storybook ending takes her to unexpected places in both her beloved LA neighborhood and her own guarded heart.
