
- Jan 4
Review of The Maid by Nita Prose
Nita Prose offers a surprising amount of heart and a unique main protagonist in this lighthearted murder mystery, her debut novel. In...

- Nov 24, 2021
Review of Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times by Katherine May
May explains her own yearning to power down and turn inward during difficult times, and she connects with other interesting people who...

- Oct 20, 2021
Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/20/21 Edition
The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading What You Can See From Here, Mariana Leky's novel about loss, grief, and change when a small village...

- Oct 12, 2021
Review of The Project by Courtney Summers
Summers's young adult fiction begins with a fascinating premise--sisters are torn apart by tragedy and then further separated by a...

- Sep 21, 2021
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 20, 2021
Review of The Guncle by Steven Rowley
The Guncle is full of heart and humor, quirky family love, and fun references to musicals and movies--yet Rowley also offers poignancy,...

- Sep 16, 2021
Review of A Thousand Ships by Natalie Haynes
Natalie Haynes's mythological retellings put women at the center of many scenes surrounding the Trojan War. I was highly entertained by...

- Sep 10, 2021
Three Books I'm Reading Now, 9/10/21 Edition
The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading The Guncle, Steven Rowley's sassy, heartwarming fiction about an uncle caring for his young niece...

- Sep 9, 2021
Review of Red Notice by Bill Browder
Browder takes the reader deep into the intrigue and terror of the corrupt Russian political and business systems he uncovered. Despite...

- Sep 8, 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 6, 2021
Review of What Doesn't Kill You by Tessa Miller
Miller outlines many of the frightening, difficult, relentless aspects of coping with a chronic illness. She lays a journalistic view...

- Aug 20, 2021
Review of Shoulder Season by Christina Clancy
The Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, atmosphere of Shoulder Season was a standout element, but the characters' interactions and some of the...

- Jul 15, 2021
Review of Fallen: A Novel of Suspense by Linda Castillo
Castillo's Amish setting is intriguing, I didn't see the resolution of the mystery coming, and I was kept engaged while listening to...

- Jul 12, 2021
Three Books I'm Reading Now, 7/12/21 Edition
The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading a bizarre, dark set of short stories by a former Late Show with Stephen Colbert writer, Jen Spyra;...

- Jun 28, 2021
Review of Girl One by Sara Flannery Murphy
Young adult Josie's origins--specifically her immaculate conception--have overshadowed everything else in her life. Now she must delve...

- Mar 8, 2021
Review of Two White Queens and the One-Eyed Jack by Heidi von Palleske
The book introduces some fascinating detail and interesting themes, but the story frequently feels choppy and unfinished. In von...

- Mar 5, 2021
Six Illuminating Memoirs to Dive Into
Do you love memoirs like I do? I love digging into the story of someone's life--notable because of chance, circumstance, or choice--and...

- Jan 25, 2021
Review of With or Without You by Caroline Leavitt
What if you woke up from a coma and felt differently about almost everything, including the person you're supposed to love? In Leavitt's...

- Oct 26, 2020
Review of Wild Life by Keena Roberts
Roberts reflects upon her identity and place in the world in a raw and genuine way that I found gripping. Keena Roberts grew up splitting...

- Sep 21, 2020
Review of Hench by Natalie Zina Walschots
I loved this book. If you're in for a new character-driven, superhero-focused, smart, wicked, and action-packed book, this is it.