By: Manuela Soares Happy hump day, readers! We’ve reached the middle of another week, which makes it time to catch up with what’s being read! WWW Wednesday is a weekly reading update hosted by Taking on a World of Words. The Three Ws are: What are you currently reading? What did you recently finish reading? What do you... Continue Reading →
Top Ten (or Six) Tuesday: Books in the First Half of 2023
By: Manuela Soares Hello readers and welcome back to another Tuesday post on Functionally Fictional. With so many great books coming out this year, I thought I would share six books that I'm looking forward to in the first half of 2023. 1. Song of Silver, Flame Like Night by Amélie Wen Zhao. Pub. Jan.... Continue Reading →
Manuela’s Review of “Copper Waters” by Marlene M. Bell
By: Manuela Soares Still reeling from events not long passed, and tension with her almost fiancé Alec, Annalisse Drury receives a message from an old farm hand about her MIA mother. Desperate for some space from the tension and issues with Alec, Anna takes off to New Zealand to try and track down her elusive... Continue Reading →
WWW Wednesday: January 18, 2023
By: Manuela Soares Happy New Year and Hump Day readers! We’ve reached the middle of another week which makes it time to catch up with what’s being read! WWW Wednesday is a weekly reading update hosted by Taking on a World of Words. The Three Ws are: What are you currently reading? What did you recently finish reading?... Continue Reading →
Top Ten Tuesday: Books I Want to Read in 2023
By: Manuela Soares Hello, hello! Welcome back to Functionally Fictional for another Tuesday post. As we usually do at this time of year, I've been reflecting on the past year and what I've read and what I wanted to read but didn't, and I thought this would make an interesting post. So, here is my... Continue Reading →
Manuela’s Review of “Where David Threw Stones” by Elyse Hoffman
By: Manuela Soares “I have a strict curfew. You will be in your room by eleven, asleep at midnight. No arguments…No excuses, no exceptions ever.” – Ernst to David, Ch. 1, Pg. 59, eBook version. Twenty years after the end of WWII, bogged down with survivor’s guilt, 10-year-old David Saidel is being sent to live with his... Continue Reading →
WWW Wednesday: December 21, 2022
By: Manuela Soares Happy Hump Day, readers! We’ve reached the middle of another week which makes it time to catch up with what’s being read! WWW Wednesday is a weekly reading update hosted by Taking on a World of Words. The Three Ws are: What are you currently reading? What did you recently finish reading? What do you... Continue Reading →
Manuela’s Review of “An American Marriage” by Tayari Jones
By: Manuela Soares "Newlyweds Celestial and Roy are the embodiment of both the American Dream and the New South. He is a young executive, and she is an artist on the brink of an exciting career. But as they settle into the routine of their life together, they are ripped apart by circumstances neither could... Continue Reading →
Tuesday Top 5: Books I Got Without Knowing They Were Already On My TBR
By: Manuela Soares Hello all and happy Tuesday! Welcome back to Functionally Fictional. This week my topic was inspired by a book I was recently given. Have you ever bought or been gifted a book only to look it up on Goodreads and find out that it, or a book in the series if it's... Continue Reading →
WWW Wednesday: November 9, 2022
By: Manuela Soares Happy Hump Day, readers! We’ve reached the middle of another week which makes it time to catch up with what’s being read! WWW Wednesday is a weekly reading update hosted by Taking on a World of Words. The Three Ws are: What are you currently reading? What did you recently finish reading? What do you... Continue Reading →