by Laura | Jul 31, 2023
Review by Nicole Louie Convenience Store Woman tells the story of Keiko Furukura, a 36-year-old woman who has been working at a convenience store in Japan for 18 years. The novel is based on author Sayaka Murata’s experience working part-time at a convenience...
by Laura | Dec 24, 2020
Review by Brit McGinnis Deciding not to have children means taking a life path different from the majority of people in modern society (if not the world). But after you decide to take that alternate path…what comes next? In his latest book, The Narcissism of Small...
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by Laura | Nov 19, 2018
While my book collection largely focuses on nonfiction, The Cows fits into my Surprise Picks category as a fiction work. As an author and researcher on the childfree choice for some time now, whenever I hear of a novel with a childfree character, I have to check it...
by Laura | Sep 19, 2018
When I learned of Raschel Charles and her children’s book project that stars a girl who is decidedly childfree, I just had to support it! May this book be the first of more children’s books that expose them to the fact that parenthood is indeed optional....
by Laura | Mar 13, 2018
Why did the book, The Lion in the Living Room, call to me? I had two cats that lived a long time before they passed several years ago. I loved them. I miss them. When I saw the cover of Abigail Tucker’s book, I thought reading it would bring back memories of my cats...
