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Review of One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston
McQuiston's love letter to New York offers charming song references, LGBTQ love, steamy scenes, character growth--and an irresistible...

- Jun 16
Review of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Taylor Jenkins Reid's novel offers a dual timeline, immersive Old Hollywood detail, a forbidden love, and revelations and long-held...

- Jun 14
Review of A Marvellous Light (Last Binding #1) by Freya Marske
The first book in Marske's duology is full of Edwardian England detail, gay love, mystery, magic, wonderful dialogue and banter, and...

- Jun 1
Review of Young Mungo by Douglas Stuart
Young Mungo offers a striking story of disappointment, abuse, Protestant-Catholic conflict, and a young, gay love forged in the intensely...

- Jan 20
Review of A Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe (The Salvagers #1) by Alex White
The first in Alex White's Salvagers space opera series offers diverse characters, strong women, a heist setup, and, ultimately, a ragtag...

- Dec 28, 2021
Review of Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao
I was intrigued by the Chinese folklore influences and the story's feminist leanings, although I felt bogged down at times by...

- Nov 1, 2021
Review of The Best of Me by David Sedaris
This collection of previously published Sedaris works is a gold mine of discomforting, edgy, offbeat observations--with more heart than I...

- Oct 11, 2021
Review of Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney
Rooney plunges the reader into uncomfortably claustrophobic and microscopically examined moments in Conversations with Friends I listened...

- Sep 21, 2021
Review of The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson
Johnson offers a wonderfully imperfect heroine and her fascinating journeys through the multiverse, her various lives, and her alternate...

- Sep 20, 2021
Review of The Guncle by Steven Rowley
The Guncle is full of heart and humor, quirky family love, and fun references to musicals and movies--yet Rowley also offers poignancy,...

- Sep 15, 2021
Three Books I'm Reading Now, 9/15/21 Edition
The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Wiley Cash's upcoming Southern mystery, When Ghosts Come Home; A Thousand Ships, Natalie Haynes's...

- Jul 26, 2021
Review of Rule of Wolves (King of Scars #2) by Leigh Bardugo
The moments of redemption aren’t too easy, and I found the various threads building toward the amazing ending to be satisfying and...

- Jul 13, 2021
Review of The Nature of Witches by Rachel Griffin
Small moments in this young adult book ring true, and the story feels primarily about relationships, set against a witchy background. In...

- Jun 25, 2021
Review of The Great Mistake by Jonathan Lee
Lee shapes a lovely, tragic, wonderfully detailed story around the forgotten, real-life figure of Andrew Green and his essential...

- May 11, 2021
Review of Great Circle by Maggie Shipstead
Shipstead has created two independent, defiant, appealingly strong young women split by time. I was hooked on both story lines and just...

- Apr 22, 2021
Review of Fingersmith by Sarah Waters
In this gothic Victorian tale, Waters offers a slow build to heartbreak, twists and double twists, hesitant attempts at love, and,...

- Apr 2, 2021
March Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
Ta-da! My very favorite books from March! Here are the books I most loved reading during the past month: a beautiful story of heartbreak...

- Mar 30, 2021
Review of She's Too Pretty to Burn by Wendy Heard
Heard's young adult thriller was a lightning-fast read, and there's a yearning for connection between the two main protagonists that...

- Mar 29, 2021
Three Books I'm Reading Now, 3/29/21 Edition
The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading three books that are about to be published: Cory Anderson's debut, a dark young adult novel about...

- Mar 11, 2021
Review of Outlawed by Anna North
North provides intrigue, an exploration of gender and power roles, tales of unconventional friendship, and enough shoot-outs and danger...