Enter the Aardvark by Jessica Anthony is odd. And funny. And contains everything from magical happenings, to a right wing Congressman, to a stuffed aardvark with a dark past, all in 183 pages. The Summary: Congressman Alexander Paine Wilson wakes…
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How are you doing today? Are your shoulders hunched up toward your ears? Are your teeth maybe grinding together? Are you furrowing your brow every time you look at the news? You know what I’m going to say right?…take a…
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If you’re a fan of twists, turns, and things that go bump in the night, you’ll love these #ownvoices mysteries and thrillers that take place everywhere from a Mexican mansion in the 1950s to 1800s Korea. Whether your tastes trend…
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Fantasy and science fiction are two broad categories that span everything from high fantasy, to alternate steampunk histories, to outer space adventures. Often though, these stories, and in particular fantasy, tend to slant toward basing their mythologies and histories in…
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The Summary Disclosure – We earn a small commission for any items purchased through the Amazon links below at no extra cost to you. Thank you for supporting Literary Quicksand! Three women from the same Minnesota family have their stories…
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Over the past few years, there’s been great conversations being started about the lack of diversity in publishing, both in terms of what characters get to be featured in stories and the lack of representation of BIPOC authors at most…
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Family stories are one of my favorite sub-genres in literature, from the classic family conversations in Pride and Prejudice to the contemporary trials of the families in Other People’s Houses. Whether it’s a family you’re born into or one you…
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During the hot, California summer, having run through my stack of library books, I’d climb up to the top floor of our house and grab one of the Robert B. Parker paperbacks my parents had stacked underneath an end table.…
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Summary In the years between the beginning of World War I and the postwar era of World War II, an unlikely group comes together in Chawton, England, each drawn by a connection to Jane Austen and her work. One hundred…
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While we don’t know what summer will be like this year, the draw of a summer reading list is still something to count on! Below, I’ve rounded up ten books I’ll be looking forward to reading over the next few…