Carolina Ciucci

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Review of Seeing Sacred Stones

2 weeks ago | forewordreviews.com | Carolina Ciucci

A Family's ALS Journey of Love, Healing and Faith Karen J. Williams FriesenPress (282pp)978-1-03-832489-4 Clarion Rating: 4 out of 5 Marked by positivity, Seeing Sacred Stones is a memoir about maintaining faith and hope in the face of a partner’s terminal diagnosis. Karen J. Williams’s affecting memoir Seeing Sacred Stones is about caring for a loved one with ALS.
9 Books to Inspire Budding Environmentalists

1 month ago | bookriot.com | Carolina Ciucci

Teaching children about the importance of environmentalism is crucial in a world where environmental disasters are a common occurrence. Children are not only the ones who will be left with our planet when the older generations are gone; they will also face the daunting task of trying to solve the myriad environmental issues we’ve caused. Of course, that’s not to suggest that plenty of people haven’t been putting in the work for decades, but this is a problem that will not have immediate solutions.
10 Bookish Items to Decorate Your House Like a Nancy Meyers Movie

Mar 13, 2025 | bookriot.com | Carolina Ciucci

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Nancy Meyers is famed far and wide for her movie interiors. Described as “both aspirational and accessible,” they have been wowing viewers since the ’90s, when she directed The Parent Trap remake.
Review of See Jane Run

Feb 17, 2025 | forewordreviews.com | Carolina Ciucci

How Women Politicians Matter for Young People David E. Campbell Christina Wolbrecht University of Chicago Press (Apr 11, 2025) Softcover $25.00 (256pp)978-0-226-83951-6 David E. Campbell and Christina Wolbrecht’s stimulating political science treatise See Jane Run is about the impact of women politicians on society.
Review of Forget the Fairy Tale and Find Your Happiness

Dec 9, 2024 | forewordreviews.com | Carolina Ciucci

Deb Miller Amazon KDP (263pp)978-1-64742-922-5 Clarion Rating: 3 out of 5 Forget the Fairy Tale & Find Your Happiness is a hopeful memoir about claiming ownership over one’s own life. Deb Miller’s thoughtful feminist memoir Forget the Fairy Tale & Find Your Happiness dissects princess narratives, showing how they shaped her life. Miller grew up believing that being a stay-at-home wife and mother was the ultimate goal.
8 Fantastic Genre-Blending Books by Black Authors

Nov 21, 2024 | bookriot.com | Carolina Ciucci

A genre-blended book, as you can guess from the name, blends elements and tropes from two or more genres. Popular genre combinations are romance and fantasy, horror and science-fiction, and historical fiction and fantasy. Indeed, some genre blends are so popular that they have become their own established subgenres. Genre-blending became popular in the late twentieth century. Black authors, in particular, have been reinventing literary conventions through genre-blending for decades.
Chapter books for kids who love adventure

Nov 14, 2024 | bookriot.com | Carolina Ciucci

The Libby App & Kanopy KidsWelcome to Hickory Hollow! The town may be tiny, but it is a special place for the people who live there. There is always fun and adventure to be had in Hickory Hollow. It’s a great place to be a curious kid! There are important discoveries to be made, secret riddles to be solved, unexplained mysteries to be discovered, and even hidden treasures to be found. But watch out! Sometimes, the town seems to have a mind of its own. Chapter books are an ideal gateway to reading.
The Best Gifts for Book Lovers (That Aren't Books)

Nov 13, 2024 | bookriot.com | Carolina Ciucci

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. ThriftBooksThe perfect gift is the gift that is perfect for them. That’s why at ThriftBooks with our millions of new and used titles you can find the perfect gift for everyone on your list.
Bookish Doormats

Oct 27, 2024 | bookriot.com | Carolina Ciucci

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. For as long as I can remember, I’ve wanted a “welcome” mat that reads “Abandon all hope, ye who enter here.” I spent most of my adult life believing they didn’t exist, so I’d resigned myself to doing without. But! I should’ve known better than to doubt artistic folks, and Etsy in general.
Review of The Apothecary's Wife

Oct 14, 2024 | forewordreviews.com | Carolina Ciucci

The Hidden History of Medicine and How It Became a Commodity Karen Bloom Gevirtz University of California Press (Nov 12, 2024) Hardcover $28.95 (340pp)978-0-520-40991-0 Karen Bloom Gevirtz’s compelling history book The Apothecary’s Wife covers the commodification of medicine and the sidelining of women in medical history. In the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries, the Scientific Revolution transformed how medicine was practiced in a way that left out people in need.