Hello everyone! Welcome to Bibliophilia Book Reviews…again. My name is Melina, and I am a bibliophile, a lover of books, a bibliophage, an ardent reader and a bibliotaph. I hoard books. I am all things biblio. In this blog, I review books of different genres including literary fiction, nonfiction, memoirs, fantasy, YA, and others. Please feel free to turn the page and look around. Hopefully, one of my reviews will help you decide to pick up a book or not. If you’re interested in a review for your published book, please click here to get on my wish list. Happy…
BOOK REVIEW: The Land Of Open Graves by Jason De León
Hi everyone. Welcome back to Bibliophilia Book Reviews. Today I’m reviewing The Land of Open Graves by Jason De León. In January, I read Soldiers and Kings: Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling by Jason De León. Winner of the National Book Award for Nonfiction 2024, this book is an anthropological study of human smuggling. Human smuggling, the author says, is not the same as human trafficking. Human trafficking happens against your will; you’re a victim of a crime that someone else is committing. Human smuggling, on the other hand, occurs when you pay (and are willing…