

Review of The Drowning Kind by Jennifer McMahon
The dark, seemingly bottomless water is the standout, creepy element here: a source of relentless, hungry power that straddles the worlds...
Apr 12, 2021


Three Books I'm Reading Now, 4/7/21 Edition
The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading a story about brothers sleeping rough and struggling to get by at the turn of the century alongside...
Apr 7, 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...
Apr 2, 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 30, 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 29, 2021


Review of Finlay Donovan Is Killing It by Elle Cosimano
Cosimano's mystery has a wonderfully quirky setup and campy tone, and Finlay's missteps add to the darkly playful feeling of the book....
Mar 25, 2021


Three Books I'm Reading Now, 3/24/21 Edition
The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading the newest book from Elle Cosimano, in which a misunderstanding has potentially enormous...
Mar 24, 2021


Three Books I'm Reading Now, 3/10/21 Edition
What I'm Reading Now The books I've got on my nightstand and on my Kindle at the moment: a turn-of-the century story about outlaws,...
Mar 10, 2021


Review of We Begin at the End by Chris Whitaker
Whitaker's story builds into a tale of heartbreak and desperate hopes for redemption that folds back upon itself with unexpected turns...
Mar 2, 2021


Review of Machinehood by S.B. Divya
Space! Robots! Artificial intelligence! Divya has crafted strong female main protagonists who navigate the sometimes dark, always...
Mar 1, 2021


Three Books I'm Reading Now, 2/24/21 Edition
01 Machinehood by S.B. Divya In her debut novel, Divya offers a society set in 2095. Humanity is reliant on homemade and commercially...
Feb 24, 2021


Review of The Girl from Widow Hills by Megan Miranda
Miranda uses the framework of a famous fictional rescue story to imagine the characters' turmoil and desperate coping mechanisms,...
Feb 23, 2021


Three Books I'm Reading Now, 2/17/21 Edition
01 The Girl from Widow Hills by Megan Miranda Arden Maynor was a small child when she sleepwalked into a storm and was washed away. Three...
Feb 17, 2021


Six Books with Cold, Wintry Settings to Read by the Fire
01 The Child Finder by Rene Denfeld This book is dark and beautiful, with such expansive descriptions of the mountains, the closed-in...
Feb 12, 2021


Review of Goodnight Beautiful by Aimee Molloy
Newlyweds Sam and Annie haven't known each other long. They realize their whole lives could be shattered as the lies they've been telling...
Feb 11, 2021


Review of The Perfect Mother by Aimee Molloy
In case you missed it: Aimee Molloy's page-turner is a quick read with a major--if manipulative-feeling--plot twist. The characters in...
Feb 10, 2021


Three Books I'm Reading Now, 2/9/21 Edition
01 Boy Swallows Universe by Trent Dalton Eli Bell is a young man in a tough spot. His father's gone, his mother's in jail, and his best...
Feb 9, 2021


Review of The Unwilling by John Hart
Hart reliably offers character-driven mysteries with heartbreaking interpersonal complications. The twists and turns here are excellent,...
Feb 8, 2021


Three Books I'm Reading Now, 1/28/21 Edition
01 The Loneliest Girl in the Universe by Lauren James Can you fall in love with someone you’ve never met, never even spoken to--someone...
Jan 28, 2021


Review of Before She Disappeared by Lisa Gardner
Gardner's brand-new character-driven mystery offers an imperfect, unassuming heroine obsessed with solving the cold cases of missing...
Jan 19, 2021
