

Review of Kaikeyi by Vaishnavi Patel
Vaishnavi Patel's debut is a captivating retelling of the Indian epic Ramayana, with immersive details and an irresistible feminist main...
May 19, 2022


Review of The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story by Nikole Hannah-Jones
“In exposing our nation’s troubled roots, the 1619 Project challenges us to think about a country whose exceptionalism we treat as the...
May 18, 2022


Review of Part of Your World by Abby Jimenez
Jimenez offers humor, spicy moments, and romance while incorporating weighty issues into her light fiction opposites-attract story Part...
May 17, 2022


Review of We Are Not Like Them by Christine Pride and Jo Piazza
In We Are Not Like Them, Pride and Piazza dig into a friendship of opposites, conflicts around race, and a police shooting, creating a...
May 12, 2022


Review of Revelations by Mary Sharratt
Sharratt offers vivid historical fiction details of the everyday life of Margery of Kempe, a mother of fourteen whose radiant visions led...
May 11, 2022


Review of Steelstriker (Skyhunter #2) by Marie Lu
With intriguing questions about loyalties and motivations, gutsy skirmishes, deep friendships, familial duty, and a smoldering romance...
May 10, 2022


Review of Wingwalkers by Taylor Brown
Brown's signature immersive details and wonderfully imagined, rich characters bring Depression-era scenes to life against an irresistible...
May 5, 2022


Review of Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel
In this nested story that spans centuries, Mandel explores a pandemic, moon colonization, the universal connection of music, the...
May 4, 2022


Review of Unlikely Animals by Annie Hartnett
In Unlikely Animals, Hartnett's irresistible, oddball tragicomedy with heart, characters explore the limits and solidity of friendship...
May 3, 2022


Review of American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld
ICYMI: This fictionalized version of a first lady's personal history from the talented Curtis Sittenfeld was a five-star read for me. In...
Apr 28, 2022


Review of Going There by Katie Couric
Going There shines through Couric's insider peeks at the media world, playful insights about famous people and behind-the-scenes...
Apr 27, 2022


Review of Nightwatch on the Hinterlands by K. Eason
In Eason's science fiction mystery, an unlikely pair who get on each other's nerves work together to determine who is responsible for a...
Apr 26, 2022


Review of State of Terror by Hillary Rodham Clinton and Louise Penny
This suspenseful collaboration between Clinton and Penny kept me on the edge of my seat through heart-stopping political conflicts,...
Apr 21, 2022


Review of The Rose Code by Kate Quinn
Kate Quinn makes the urgency of World War II code breaking come alive through the stories of three young women and their interconnected...
Apr 20, 2022


Review of Let's Not Do That Again by Grand Ginder
Much of Ginder's novel is focused on a revenge fantasy, but I was drawn more to Nancy Harrison's strong personality and political...
Apr 19, 2022


Six Fascinating Books about Immigrants' Experiences
Powerful Books about the Experiences of Immigrants I could have listed many other powerful books about immigrants. But these four fiction...
Apr 15, 2022


Review of Holy Envy: Finding God in the Faith of Others by Barbara Brown Taylor
ICYMI: I loved Taylor's exploration of various faiths, striving for open-mindedness, respecting differences, and finding captivating new...
Apr 13, 2022


Review of The Gods of Howl Mountain by Taylor Brown
ICYMI: Taylor Brown's five-star, 1950s North Carolina-set novel offers mountain clans, whiskey runners, folk healers, family conflict,...
Apr 12, 2022


Review of A Flicker in the Dark by Stacy Willingham
Willingham's debut thriller offers an unreliable narrator haunted by her father's decades-old serial killing--and her horrifying...
Apr 7, 2022


Review of Yearbook by Seth Rogen
Easygoing Rogen's book of essays and memories touches on his start as a boy doing standup in bars, his drug habits, and funny and awkward...
Apr 6, 2022
