Book Reviews
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Baking – like reading and blogging – is an activity I enjoy immensely, and one of my goals for the year is to bake my way through The Cake Bible by Rose Levy Beranbaum, an infamous (U.S.) dessert recipe book and baking guide. I thought it would be fun to incorporate my love for baking into my … Continue reading Reviewing The Cake Bible: Golden Almond Cake
His Only Wife Peace Adze Medie His Only Wife was published on September 1st, 2020. I received an eARC and finished copy from the publisher, but as always, all thoughts are my own. Synopsis: Afi Tekple is a young seamstress in Ghana. She is smart; she is pretty; and she has been convinced by her … Continue reading Book Review: His Only Wife
In seeking out a "classic" buttercream with which to frost my chocolate cake (my post on the Perfect All-American Chocolate Butter Cake will be coming later), I figured there was no better place than The Cake Bible - I might as well test two recipes at once! Unfortunately, this is not a buttercream recipe I … Continue reading Reviewing The Cake Bible: Classic Buttercream
A House is a Body Shruti Swamy A House is a Body was published on August 11th, 2020. I received an eARC from the publisher, but as always, all thoughts are my own. Content Warning: infidelity, explicit sexual language, statutory rape, allusion to sexual assault of a child, miscarriage, domestic abuse Synopsis: In two-time O. … Continue reading Book Review: A House is a Body
The Aunt Who Wouldn't Die Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay The Aunt Who Wouldn't Die was originally published on August 19th, 2017, and as of July 28th, 2020 it is available in the United States (published by HarperVia, an imprint of HarperCollins). I received an eARC from the publisher via NetGalley, but as always, all thoughts are my … Continue reading Book Review: The Aunt Who Wouldn’t Die | 20 Books of Summer
May Day (Seekers #1) Josie Jaffrey May Day (Seekers #1) was published on July 9th, 2020. In addition to receiving a physical ARC of this urban fantasy from the author, but as always, all thoughts are my own. Beyond what is told in the synopsis, I do talk briefly about the romantic relationships of the … Continue reading Book Review: May Day