

Review of O Caledonia by Elspeth Barker
O Caledonia is a modern classic, literary fiction that encompasses darkly funny passages and tragic consequences set against a gloomy...
4 days ago


Review of Sunny Side Up by Katie Sturino
I loved Sunny's body positivity and her self-made-woman status. I didn't fully buy into one of her love interests but was hooked on the...
5 days ago


Review of Done and Dusted (Rebel Blue Ranch #1) by Lyla Sage
I loved the premise, in which a golden girl and barrel-racer returns home to small-town Wyoming to figure out her future. I was looking...
6 days ago


Review of The Emperor of Gladness by Ocean Vuong
Ocean Vuong's literary fiction offers unexpected bonds between characters coping with desperation, addiction, lies, hunger, and past...
Jun 12


Review of The Love Haters by Katherine Center
Katherine Center's sweet rom-com about a video producer and her reluctant hero of a subject is set against the colorful backdrop of Key...
Jun 11


Review of Harmattan Season by Tochi Onyebuchi
I was taken with the premise of conflicts and mystery in a post-colonial West African city, but I didn't feel very connected to or...
Jun 10


Review of Lucky Loser: Adventures in Comedy and Tennis by Michael Kosta
The Daily Show 's Michael Kosta recounts his youth as a pro tennis player (#864 in the world), an assistant college tennis coach, then a...
Jun 5


Review of Dogland: Passion, Glory, and Lots of Slobber at the Westminster Dog Show by Tommy Tomlinson
Dogland explores what makes a show dog "best" and what happens behind the scenes of dog shows in this intriguing, good-natured, and...
Jun 4


Review of Clear by Carys Davies
Davies's slim, luminous, heartbreaking novel sets a story of isolation and human connection against the brutal removal of impoverished...
Jun 3


Review of Run for the Hills by Kevin Wilson
Run for the Hills is the most recent Kevin Wilson gem; his quirky characters are irresistible, and his heartwarming story is messy,...
May 29


Review of Black Woods, Blue Sky by Eowyn Ivey
Eowyn Ivey offers elements familiar from her other two novels--a cold, unforgiving setting; magical realism; attempts to overcome...
May 28


Review of The Strange Case of Jane O. by Karen Thompson Walker
Walker offers an unreliable main protagonist, her dedicated new psychiatrist, increasingly inexplicable and complicated occurrences, and...
May 27


Review of I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman
Harpman's slim novel poses a mysterious situation without promising concrete explanations. Our main protagonist knows little about her...
May 22


Review of She's a Lamb! by Meredith Hambrock
She's a Lamb! offers a delusional, self-congratulatory, single-minded, relentless would-be performer and builds tension and outrageously...
May 21


Review of Memorial Days: A Memoir by Geraldine Brooks
Memorial Days is Geraldine Brooks's memoir of sudden loss, delayed grief, and a delving into sorrow so she can move forward with her life....
May 20


Review of All the Broken Places by John Boyne
All the Broken Places is a novel that is linked to Boyne's novel The Boy in the Striped Pajamas . The exploration of gray areas between...
May 15


Review of Definitely Better Now by Ava Robinson
In Ava Robinson's debut novel, she offers an appealingly imperfect main character making missteps and forging a path forward while...
May 14


Review of Murder by Memory (Dorothy Gentleman #1) by Olivia Waite
The playful tone and clever main protagonist in Olivia Waite's science-fiction novella make for an appealing mystery and lay the...
May 13


Review of Say You'll Remember Me (Say You'll Remember Me #1) by Abby Jimenez
Abby Jimenez layers tough situations and messy complications into her rom-coms, and here, her main protagonists must face and overcome...
May 8


Review of The Griffin Sisters' Greatest Hits by Jennifer Weiner
Jennifer Weiner's newest novel offers a behind-the-scenes peek at the music business, songwriting, and the pressures of fame, layered...
May 7