- Mar 8
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
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
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.
- Aug 29, 2020
Review of Network Effect: A Murderbot Novel by Martha Wells
This one was slow going in the middle, but Wells provides a fantastically unique point of view, and this series is perfect science-fiction e
- Jun 28, 2020
Review of When We Were Vikings by Andrew David MacDonald
Zelda has to figure out what it means to live her own legend. (I loved this book.)
- Oct 19, 2019
Review of Dear Edward by Ann Napolitano
This story was so much more than I expected. Napolitano created an irresistible and true-feeling character in Edward. I loved this book....
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