

Review of The Bright Sword by LEv Grossman
Grossman's reimagined Arthurian legend gives center stage to a ragtag band of misfits, celebrates diversity, and builds a patchwork of adventures, discovery, and widened horizons culminating in a satisfying new, reimagined path forward. Collum is an instinctually gifted, strong knight who has literally fought for sword training as a lowly ward; his family has little use for him; and his heart is set upon joining King Arthur's court. But when he finally makes his way to the Ro
Nov 4


Review of The Summer War by Naomi Novik
Novik's novella The Summer War reads like a fable, with unexpected twists and turns; duty, clever evasion, and curses; a strange world...
Oct 1


Review of The Briar Club by Kate Quinn
The Briar Club employs nine points of view to tell the story of life in a female-only boarding house in 1950s, McCarthy-era Washington,...
Sep 23


Review of Buckeye by Patrick Ryan
Patrick Ryan's literary fiction traces decades of the messy, poignant lives of two families shaped by uncompromising societal...
Sep 18


Review of Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V. E. Schwab
This wonderfully creepy lesbian vampire story is largely about female empowerment, but also about love, discovery, reinvention, and...
Jul 24


Review of Atmosphere: A Love Story by Taylor Jenkins Reid
I love an astronaut story, and while Reid spent far more page time on relationships than on the astronaut or space aspects, there was...
Jul 23
