RaveBookreporter... stands as [Zauner\'s] abandoned, all-consuming, grieving cry in response to her mother’s untimely death ... Zauner writes in a way that carefully sets the table for each scene. When talking about a gathering, she takes as much care to describe the food shared as conversations that were had over it...A warning to readers: Her beautiful prose will leave you hungry ... filled with rich stories of familial love that weather the storms of immigration, illness and death. Michelle Zauner gracefully and honestly shares the story of her life as a growing artist learning about herself and her mother. She skillfully has crafted a memoir that is as heartbreaking as it is comforting and page-turning.
Paulo Coelho
PositiveBookreporter\"In his latest novel, Hippie, Coelho follows the story of his younger self and those he met in his travels during the early ’70s. Beginning on the Death Train destined for Bolivia, to the Magic Bus from Europe to Kathmandu, Coelho transports his readers to a time when mass amounts of people could travel through Europe on five dollars a day and find pleasant company wherever they went ... to the rest of the world, hippies seemed to be screaming who they were and what they stood for. In this novel, Paulo Coelho presents a nuanced view of the hippies and gently explores their lifestyle and values by imparting his personal experience upon the reader.
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Joseph Fink
PositiveBookreporter\"While focusing on monsters and occult forces, Alice Isn\'t Dead remains incredibly grounded by its authenticity ... This isn’t a story. It’s a road trip filled with adventures and new experiences that prompt reflection on the space we have traveled. In addition to being a merit-worthy horror novel, it is a lesson on social responsibility and allyship. It is filled with surprises and is frighteningly relevant.\
