Magical Realism Archives

The Midnight Library by Matt Haig

by Bubbly Bibbly | Jan 18, 2021 | Book Review, Fantasy

Summary: Somewhere out beyond the edge of the universe there is a library that contains an infinite number of books, each one the story of another reality. One tells the story of your life as it is, along with another book for the other life you could have lived if...

Balm by Dolen Perkins-Valdez

by Bubbly Bibbly | Nov 18, 2020 | Book Review, Historical Fiction

Summary: The Civil War has ended, and Madge, Sadie, and Hemp have each come to Chicago in search of a new life. Born with magical hands, Madge has the power to discern others’ suffering, but she cannot heal her own damaged heart. To mend herself and help those in...

The Christmas Pearl by Dorothea Benton Frank

by Bubbly Bibbly | Sep 9, 2020 | Book Review, Holidays

Summary: Theodora is the matriarch of a family that has grown into a bunch of truculent knuckleheads. While she’s finally gotten them all together in South Carolina to celebrate, this Christmas looks nothing like the extravagant, homey holidays of her childhood....

Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson

by Bubbly Bibbly | Sep 8, 2020 | Book Review, Literary Fiction

Summary: Winner of the Whitbread Prize for best first fiction, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit is a coming-out novel from Winterson, the acclaimed author of The Passion and Sexing the Cherry. The narrator, Jeanette, cuts her teeth on the knowledge that she is one of...

The Dark Glamour by Gabriella Pierce

by Bubbly Bibbly | Sep 8, 2020 | Book Review, Crime/Mystery/Thriller, Fantasy, Romance

Summary: Jane Boyle married her prince charming and moved into his upper east side castle–but she didn’t get her fairy-tale ending It’s hard to live happily ever after when you discover your demanding and controlling mother-in-law is literally a...