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Review of Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano

Ann Napolitano's Hello Beautiful explores family bonds, broken connections, forging through pain, allowing for unconventional routes to...

Feb 23

Review of All the Dangerous Things by Stacy Willingham

I was hooked on Willingham's past and present storylines and by her unreliable narrator Isabelle, who is desperate to find her missing...

Feb 22

Review of We All Want Impossible Things by Catherine Newman

Newman offers a heartbreaking and heartwarming tribute to friendship that centers around witty dialogue, unconventional arrangements,...

Feb 2

Review of Maame by Jessica George

Jessica George's debut Maame takes on big issues of race, culture, and the challenges of growing up between two cultures while shining in...

Jan 26

Review of Uncultured: A Memoir by Daniella Mestyanek Young

Young offers a brutally honest behind-the-scenes look at the systematic abuse she suffered in The Children of God cult and a front-row...

Jan 6

Review of Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

Kingsolver offers an epic story of a faulted, unlikely hero in danger of being crushed by exceptionally difficult circumstances. His...

Jan 4

Review of Signal Fires by Dani Shapiro

In Signal Fires, Dani Shapiro offers characters and consequences that connect through time and in unexpected ways. The loss and...

Dec 22, 2022

Review of Blackwater Falls by Ausma Zehanat Khan

I was intrigued by the issues raised in Blackwater Falls--police corruption, racial conflict, religious fervor and faith, secret...

Dec 15, 2022

Review of Lost in Time by A.G. Riddle

A.G. Riddle's time-travel story centers around reconciling the inability to change what has already occurred, but the necessity of doing...

Dec 13, 2022

Review of The Book Woman's Daughter by Kim Michele Richardson

Richardson focuses her historical fiction on Kentucky again, picking up the story of the rural book delivery, Blue People, friendship,...

Nov 30, 2022

Review of An Exact Replica of a Figment of My Imagination by Elizabeth McCracken

ICYMI: Elizabeth McCracken shares her heartbreaking, gorgeous, terrible story of loss and love surrounding the loss of her baby at nine...

Nov 23, 2022

Review of True Biz by Sara Nović

True Biz is a coming-of-age story, a beginner's primer on Deaf culture, and a captivating novel about romance, disappointment, fury, and...

Nov 10, 2022

Review of The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell

I was hooked on the captivating details of Renaissance life, masterfully paced swirling danger and paranoia, and richly developed major...

Nov 3, 2022

Review of The Other Side of Night by Adam Hamdy

The twist in The Other Side of Night is fascinating, but I wanted to feel more for the characters, who experience extensive trauma, feel...

Oct 25, 2022

Review of The Fire and the Ore by Olivia Hawker

Hawker offers irresistible details of daily life and historical elements that add vivid layers to this story of Utah Territory,...

Oct 11, 2022

Review of I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

Former child actress McCurdy's account of her mother's narcissistic, harmful, abusive behavior and how it has shaped the author's life is...

Oct 4, 2022

Review of The Frederick Sisters Are Living the Dream by Jeannie Zusy

Zusy's Frederick sisters navigate a complicated, stressful situation and drastic changes with plenty of mistakes, forgiveness, and...

Sep 22, 2022

Review of Every Summer After by Carley Fortune

Carley Fortune offers a satisfying story of coming home, young love, mistakes and redemption, romance, lake life, and some past and...

Sep 21, 2022

Review of The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot by Marianne Cronin

Cronin's debut novel explores mortality, vulnerability, surprising moments of joy and reflection, an irresistible young protagonist, and...

Sep 6, 2022

Review of This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub

Straub offers a wonderful story that plays with time, explores sentimental moments, offers do-overs, and sweeps the reader into a...

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