

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 29, 2022


Review of One Italian Summer by Rebecca Serle
Rebecca Serle's love letter to Italy plays with time to allow a grieving young woman to know her mother at her same age, inspiring...
May 26, 2022


Review of See You Yesterday by Rachel Lynn Solomon
Rachel Lynn Solomon crafts another sweet, quirky, funny, romantic young adult story that plays with time and is centered around...
May 24, 2022


Review of Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel
In this nested story that spans centuries, Mandel explores a pandemic, moon colonization, the universal connection of music, the...
May 4, 2022


Six Second-Chance, Do-Over, Reliving-Life Stories
The Second-Chance Books I've been reminded lately how much I love a good second-chance book in which the main character gets the...
Mar 11, 2022


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 21, 2021


Review of How to Stop Time by Matt Haig
ICYMI: In Matt Haig's How to Stop Time, main protagonist Tom Hazard lives for centuries but is not allowed to fall in love. When he...
Sep 8, 2021


Three Books I'm Reading Now, 7/22/21 Edition
The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Rule of Wolves, Leigh Bardugo's second and final book in the young adult King of Scars duology; I'm...
Jul 22, 2021


Three Books I'm Reading Now, 5/10/21 Edition
The Books I'm Reading Now I'm listening to The Water Dancer, Ta-Nehisi Coates's novel about slavery, with magical realism that offers a...
May 10, 2021


Review of The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
Each life Nora tries on changes her in some way, whether by erasing her regrets about a path not taken, showing her that she's capable of...
Mar 4, 2021


Three Books I'm Reading Now, 3/3/21 Edition
What I'm Reading Now Here's what I've got going at the moment: a dark, intriguing story of interconnectedness between unusual characters;...
Mar 3, 2021


Review of In a Holidaze by Christina Lauren
In a Holidaze is a romantic holiday time twist with sexy interludes and a reliably happy ending. Twentysomething Mae is spending the...
Dec 23, 2020


Review of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab
Addie grapples with what it means to only be able to whisper in the world rather than shout. What is the value of a life that must be...
Dec 21, 2020


Three Books I'm Reading Now, 12/2/20 Edition
01 The Fighting Bunch: The Battle of Athens by Chris DeRose The young men of McMinn County, Tennessee, are coming home after fighting in...
Dec 2, 2020


Six Historical Fiction Mysteries to Intrigue You
I love an intersection of historical fiction and mystery, two genres I love. Some of the books listed here also have supernatural elements.
Oct 30, 2020


Review of Goddess in the Machine by Lora Beth Johnson
Robots, time travel, teen angst, and this gorgeous cover. Yes to all of this. I didn't anticipate the great twists Johnson provides.
Sep 9, 2020


Six Riveting Time-Travel Escapes
Six Riveting Time-Travel Escapes
Jul 14, 2020


Review of The Last Magician by Lisa Maxwell
A smart master thief who bends time and finds her loyalties dividded in turn-of-the-century New York.
Jun 9, 2020


Review of Chosen Ones by Veronica Roth
Sloane is a perfectly imperfect heroine and things aren't entirely what they seem in Roth's first novel for adults.
Jun 3, 2020


Review of In Five Years by Rebecca Serle
This alternate-reality story is really about loyalty and devoted friendship, and it doesn't fall back on easy resolutions.
Apr 3, 2020
