Review of Tilt by Emma Pattee
After a devastating earthquake, nine-months-pregnant Annie desperately searches the city of Portland, Oregon, for her husband. Pattee...
11 hours ago
Three Books I'm Reading Now, 4/28/25 Edition
The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading climate journalist Emma Pattee's novel, which is set during a devastating earthquake, Tilt ; I'm...
1 day ago
Six More of My Favorite Literary Fiction Reads of the Year
Six More Great Bossy Literary Fiction Reads I read so many read literary fiction books last year, this is my second best-of-the-year...
4 days ago
Review of Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaughy
Mysteries abound within McConaghy's Wild Dark Shore , but the story is largely an atmospheric story of isolation and loss set against the...
5 days ago
Review of The Road to Tender Hearts by Annie Hartnett
In this heartwarming story of wonderfully faulted characters who face tragedy and often make a mess of things, loyalty and steadfastness...
6 days ago
Review of This American Woman: A One-in-a-Billion Memoir by Zarna Garg
Comedian Zarna Garg lived several lives before falling into comedy in midlife and realizing it was where she'd belonged all along. Her...
Apr 22
Three Books I'm Reading Now, 4/21/25 Edition
The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading comedian Zarna Garg's upcoming memoir, This American Woman ; I'm reading Annie Hartnett's upcoming...
Apr 21
Another Six of My Favorite Historical Fiction Reads of the Year
Six More Great Bossy Historical Fiction Reads I love to spend Fridays obsessing over my favorite reads, and I loved reading so many...
Apr 18
Review of Saltwater by Katy Hays
The glamorous setting of Capri is the star of Saltwater . I struggled to care about the characters' sense of life-and-death stakes...
Apr 17
Review of The Life We Bury (Joe Talbert #1) by Allen Eskens
The pacing of The Life We Bury built from slow and steady to a whirlwind. It always seemed clear that we would have clean resolutions to...
Apr 16
Review of Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry
Henry's story-within-a-story adds a historical fiction element to her signature big-hearted, banter-driven, steamy, intriguingly...
Apr 15
Three Books I'm Reading Now, 4/14/25 Edition
The Books I'm Reading Now I'm listening to Emily Henry's upcoming romance story-within-a-story, Great Big Beautiful Life ; I'm listening...
Apr 14
Six More of My Favorite Fantasy Reads of the Past Year
Six More Great Bossy Fantasy Reads I read lots of entertaining, imaginative, sometimes funny, fantastic fantasy in the past year--enough...
Apr 11
Review of The Child Finder (Naomi Cottle #1) by Rene Denfeld
I love a frigid setting, and Rene Denfeld's The Child Finder immerses the reader in an icy, wild forest as instinctive, savvy, and...
Apr 10
Review of Pony Confidential by Christina Lynch
Pony Confidential is a cute story of a bond between a pony and its long-ago owner. It's nominally a mystery, but it's mainly a...
Apr 9
Review of All Fours by Miranda July
The unnamed main protagonist in All Fours frequently made me feel uncomfortable because of her unorthodox decision-making and...
Apr 8
Three Books I'm Reading Now, 4/7/25 Edition
The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Jennifer Weiner's upcoming novel, The Griffin Sisters' Greatest Hits ; I'm listening to Miranda...
Apr 7
Six More of My Favorite Rom-Com Reads of the Year
More of My Favorite Rom-Com Reads This is my second favorites lists of rom-coms and romantic reads from the past year. In my last list I...
Apr 4
Review of The City of Brass by S. A. Chakraborty
I loved the worldbuilding and the headstrong, powerful loose cannon of Nahri, as well as the Middle Eastern fantasy setting. I found...
Apr 3
Review of Kills Well with Others (Killers of a Certain Age #2) by Deanna Raybourn
Killers of a Certain Age was darkly funny, action-packed, feminist, and friend-focused. I love the second installment's return to my...
Apr 2