Three-Star Book Review

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Review of Let Us Descend by Jesmyn Ward

Annis is a young Southern woman enslaved, sold, and abused in the years before the Civil War. In Let Us Descend , she leans on the...

Sep 10

Review of Miss Morgan's Book Brigade by Janet Skeslien Charles

This historical fiction story in two timelines introduces the little-known real-life figure of librarian Jessie Carson, who traveled from...

Sep 5

Review of Burn by Peter Heller

I love Peter Heller's books, and Burn offers a wonderfully complicated friendship, meaningful connections to nature, momentous secrets,...

Aug 27

Review of Moonbound by Robin Sloan

The fantasy-science-fiction novel Moonbound spans time and splits into several stories, for me never quite gelling into a coherent tale I...

Aug 15

Review of Bear by Julia Phillips

The author of Disappearing Earth offers a story of bleak prospects, poverty and illness, a sister bond with fault lines ready to crack...

Aug 14

Review of Ready or Not by Cara Bastone

Ready or Not is a light take on unplanned pregnancy. It felt so easy for Eve to plan to enter into single parenthood despite the many...

Aug 8

Review of Rebel Rising by Rebel Wilson

Wilson overcame tough childhood circumstances before setting her sights on becoming a performer, and her memoir celebrates her...

Aug 6

Review of The Villain Edit by Laurie Devore

Laurie Devore's novel goes behind the scenes of a reality dating show, complete with sordid details, manipulation, and manufactured...

Jul 25

Review of The Goddess of Warsaw by Lisa Barr

Lisa Barr's World War II-set historical fiction follows a Jewish resistance fighter and spy through the Warsaw Ghetto to her second act...

Jul 23

Review of All the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker

Whitaker offers several interconnected storylines, and while each one individually appealed to me, I felt a growing lack of connection to...

Jun 26

Review of The Rule Book by Sarah Adams

This love story about an emotionally sensitive NFL player and his quirky, irresistible female agent is a sweet second-chance romance...

Jun 18

Review of The Nature of Disappearing by Kimi Cunningham Grant

Grant's thriller is set in the wilds of Idaho, with a wilderness expert of a main character who has fought to trust others and be...

May 14

Review of Only If You're Lucky by Stacy Willingham

Only If You're Lucky centers around a group of South Carolina college students who don't truly know each other--and the unpleasant...

Apr 18

Review of The River We Remember by William Kent Krueger

I was intrigued by the post-World War II repercussions on small-town Minnesota and by the dark secrets coming to light, but found myself...

Apr 10

Review of Annie Bot by Sierra Greer

The shallow, emotionally stunted character of Doug made my blood boil. His base desires stood in contrast to Annie's unanticipated...

Mar 21

Review of People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks

ICYMI: I love Geraldine Brooks's stories, and I was intrigued by the detail, the meticulous research behind the tale, and the inspiration...

Mar 12

Review of King Nyx by Kirsten Bakis

The gothic story King Nyx offers haunting imagery, sinister mysteries, unreliable memories, resurfacing past trauma, missing persons,...

Mar 7

Review of After Annie by Anna Quindlen

Young mom Annie's abrupt death leaves her four children, husband, and best friend reeling. Each of them must find a way back to...

Mar 5

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 29

Review of Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff

ICYMI: Lauren Groff explores the secrets, lies, and different lived experiences of spouses in a decades-long marriage in this...

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