Review: Why Karen Carpenter Matters by Karen Tongson

A perfect blend memoir / autobiography and music / culture. Tongson’s Why Karen Carpenter Matters is a perfect telling of influence and community.  In Why Karen Carpenter Matters, Karen Tongson (whose parent named her after the pop icon) interweaves the story of the tiger’s rise to fame in the 1960’s and 70’s with her own […]

Review: The Burning Girl by Claire Messud

http://www.pelekinesis.com The Burning Girl is a story of two young girls, Julia, the narrator, and Cassie—best friends since kindergarten—on the verge of becoming teenagers. The story opens with Julia reflecting back on Cassie – who we are told has moved over two years ago now. But more than just a friend moving away, it is […]

Interview: @Cityofdeja, Bookstagram writer

@Cityofdeja Tell Us A Little about You and your Bookstagram account?  @Cityofdeja: My name is Deja. I’m a 19 year old college student from Texas with a knack for reading and collecting. Cityofdeja is my happy place on Instagram where I can talk about books all day and interact with other book lovers! I started […]

Interview: Julia Dixon Evans, Author of How to Set Yourself On Fire

About How to Set Yourself On Fire Sheila’s life is built of little thievings. Adrift in her mid-thirties, she sleeps in fragments, ditches her temp jobs, eavesdrops on her neighbor’s Skype calls, and keeps a stolen letter in her nightstand, penned by a UPS driver she barely knows. Her mother is stifling and her father […]

Interview: Jon McGregor, Author of The Reservoir Tapes

Tell us a little about The Reservoir Tapes and how it relates to your previous book, Reservoir 13. JM:I have no shame in calling The Reservoir Tapes a ‘prequel’ to Reservoir 13. Portmanteau words are the best words. These stories all take place in the days and months leading up to the event with which […]