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Book Review: Sourdough by Robin Sloan

Posted on February 13, 2026 by Jami Fairleigh

Sourdough by Robin Sloan Sourdough: MCD (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2017) | Macmillan Audio (2017) (272) Pages Amazon | Bookshop.org | Audible | Libro.fm Book Description Lois Clary is a software engineer at General Dexterity, a San Francisco robotics company...Read More

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Book Review: Black Woods, Blue Sky by Eowyn Ivey

Posted on November 21, 2025 by Jami Fairleigh

Black Woods, Blue Sky by Eowyn Ivey Black Woods, Blue Sky: Random House (2025) 320 Pages Amazon | Bookshop.org Book Description It’s just the three of them in the vast black woods, far from roads, telephones, electricity, and outside contact,...Read More

Book Review: Natalie Tan’s Book of Luck & Fortune by Roselle Lim

Posted on June 2, 2023 by Jami Fairleigh

Book Review: Natalie Tan's Book of Luck & Fortune by Roselle Lim Berkley Publishing Group (2019) 299 Pages Amazon | Bookshop.org Book Description At the news of her mother’s death, Natalie Tan returns home. The two women hadn’t spoken since...Read More