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Review of Legendborn (The Legendborn Cycle #1) by Tracy Deonn

The first in the series sets up a strong young Black heroine who bucks tradition as she explores her own heritage, flexes her newfound...

May 10

Review of The Wife and the Widow by Christian White

White's twisty mystery is set against the backdrop of an unforgiving winter on an Australian island, with two women attempting to piece...

May 9

Review of The Secret Book of Flora Lea by Patti Callahan Henry

The premise and setting of The Secret Book of Flora Lea are captivating. I was distracted by what felt like overly dramatic dialogue and...

Apr 26

Review of Burst by Mary Otis

Mary Otis's debut novel explores the complicated mother-daughter relationship between alcoholic, erratic Charlotte and rigid,...

Apr 20

Review of The Lonely Hearts Book Club by Lucy Gilmore

I love a book about books, but I was confused as to why the characters would seek out and spend prolonged time with the verbally abusive,...

Apr 19

Review of Happy Place by Emily Henry

Six longtime friends gather for one last Maine vacation--but each of them has been keeping secrets that impact their relationships. The...

Apr 12

Review of Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing by Matthew Perry

Perry recounts the daily reality of his years in a chokehold of addiction to drugs and alcohol, his struggles to quit using, and the many...

Apr 6

Review of You Wouldn't Dare by Samantha Markum

Samantha Markum's young adult novel is set in a small town in the Florida Keys, with plenty of teen angst, tests of friend loyalty, burst...

Apr 5

Review of Inciting Joy by Ross Gay

Poet and essayist Ross Gay explores the experiences and explorations that have offered him meaning, depth, connection, understanding, and...

Apr 4

Review of VenCo by Cherie Dimaline

VenCo offers feminist, hard-drinking, foul-mouthed witches bound together by mysterious forces who undergo a quest to secure their...

Mar 29

Review of The Dream Builders by Oindrila Mukherjee

I love a novel set in India, and the details of the sparkling promise and darker underpinnings of the city of Hrishipur were a standout...

Mar 23

Review of The Levee by William Kent Krueger

William Kent Krueger's writing is beautiful, and J.D. Jackson reads the audiobook wonderfully, but I felt impatient with the focus on...

Mar 14

Review of This Other Eden by Paul Harding

Harding bases his slim historical fiction novel This Other Eden on a real-life, racially integrated island off the coast of Maine,...

Feb 28

Review of Nocturne by Alyssa Wees

The early story captured my attention with ballet, an orphan's struggles, and Depression-era Chicago, but once Nocturne shifted into dark...

Feb 16

Review of Swift the Storm, Fierce the Flame by Meg Long

The sequel to Long's young adult fantasy/science fiction debut Cold the Night, Fast the Wolves takes Remy and Sena to a storm-wracked...

Feb 14

Review of Age of Vice by Deepti Kapoor

Kapoor's gritty New Delhi-set novel explores brutal violence and cruelties in an exploration of class divides and the destructive power...

Jan 31

Review of Nothing Like I Imagined (Except for Sometimes) by Mindy Kaling

This is a funny, light, self-deprecating peek into Kaling's single motherhood, dabbling in Hinduism, love of brunch, life as a producer,...

Jan 25

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,...

Jan 5

Review of The Villa by Rachel Hawkins

The past timeline explores creativity, love, betrayal, and unexpected loops of consequence--which are echoed hauntingly in the present...

Dec 29, 2022

Review of Gilded Mountain by Kate Manning

I was hooked on the gritty details of mining camp life, particularly as contrasted with the excesses in the mine owners' mansion. The...

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