

Dec 4, 2024
Review of We'll Prescribe You a Cat by Syou Ishida
Ishida's offbeat, heartwarming story of unconventional "medicine" in the form of cats explores interconnectedness and new perspectives,...


Nov 14, 2024
Review of Bull Moon Rising (Royal Artifactual Guild #1) by Ruby Dixon
I was hooked on the story of a team of young women fighting for admittance to a guild, their bonds, and their adventures. But the...


Oct 29, 2024
Review of Libby Lost and Found by Stephanie Booth
Booth cushions the blow of the main protagonist's early-onset Alzheimer's with a zany romp, lots of love for books, and heartwarming,...


Sep 4, 2024
Review of Margo's Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe
Thorpe's irresistible character of 19-year-old Margo discovers her strength, drive, creativity, and vulnerability after becoming...


Jul 24, 2024
Review of Sandwich by Catherine Newman
Sandwich is another case of beautifully wrought complications and mutual adoration from Catherine Newman, with unapologetically...


Apr 11, 2024
Review of Shark Heart: A Love Story by Emily Habeck
Emily Habeck's debut novel offers an unusual premise in which one member of a newlywed couple begins transforming into a great white...


Mar 28, 2024
Review of Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar
The tone of Martyr! was tough for me to get a handle on for much of the book. The story is dark, nerve-racking, irreverent, tragic, and...


Mar 5, 2024
Review of Interesting Facts about Space by Emily Austin
I loved Enid's complicated, loving mother-daughter relationship as well as her best-friendship. But I was distracted by what felt like...


Feb 7, 2024
Review of Beautyland by Marie-Helene Bertino
In Beautyland, Bertino offers a poignant, funny, strange story full of extraterrestrial observations of humans and their behavior that...


Jan 17, 2024
Review of Lone Women by Victor LaValle
LaValle mixes a Western setting with strong feminist messages, magical realism, haunting elements, and the terrifying, freeing truth in...


Jan 2, 2024
Review of Starter Villain by John Scalzi
First: this amazing cover. Second: Starter Villain is playful, darkly funny, big-hearted, and wonderfully weird. I loved it and I can't...


Jun 7, 2023
Review of Santa Ana by Addison J. Chapple with Rachael Flanery
I loved the premise and start of this zany story in which a statistics geek braves his high school reunion, only to be mistaken for a...


Mar 28, 2023
Review of American Mermaid by Julia Langbein
This story within a story is playful and satirical while providing deep issues to contemplate. It's different and captivating and silly...


Feb 21, 2023
Review of Big Swiss by Jen Beagin
Jen Beagin's literary fiction novel is consistently bizarre, at times base, and often darkly funny as her characters alternately dive...


Jan 25, 2023
Review of Other Birds by Sarah Addison Allen
Addison Allen's magical realism story is set on an island off the coast of South Carolina and offers lots of heart, interactive ghosts,...


Nov 22, 2022
Review of Now Is Not the Time to Panic by Kevin Wilson
Kevin Wilson's wonderfully odd 1990s coming-of-age novel centers around teens Frankie and Zeke, their mysterious artistic creation, and...


Sep 27, 2022
Review of Thistlefoot by GennaRose Nethercott
In Nethercott's Thistlefoot, estranged siblings Bellatine and Isaac Yaga find their way back to each other within this odd, dark story...


Aug 24, 2022
Review of The Humans by Matt Haig
The Humans is about mathematics, aliens, and shape shifters, but at its heart it's about a hurting family and an unimaginable, shocking,...


Jul 12, 2022
Review of Cult Classic by Sloane Crosley
Sloane Crosley's appealingly oddball tale explores the specter of newly engaged Lola's past loves and lusts while playing with space and...


Jun 29, 2022
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...