December 2020 – Joy's Book Blog

American Dirt

August 19, 2022 by Joy

Take Two This is the second time I’ve read American Dirt and I’d like to amend my first review. My book club leader said that sometimes you have to be “in the right place” to read a book; I take this to mean mentally, physically, and in the right season of life. The first time …

The Alice Network

December 17, 2020 by Joy

Being very honest, this is the second time I’ve read this book for a book club. However, I loved it the second time as much as I did the first, so I wanted to review it for this blog (the first time I read it was before my blogging days). The Alice Network tells …

Finding Dorothy

December 8, 2020 by Joy

I didn’t particularly care for Finding Dorothy, but I had problems figuring out why. First though, let’s talk about the book. Like so many others right now, this book is set in both the protagonist’s past and future, flipping between the two time periods every chapter or so. To be very honest, I’m getting tired …