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

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Gillian McAllister's twisty mystery that plays with time, Wrong Place Wrong Time; I'm reading...

Six Bossy Favorite Nonfiction Reads Fridays are for highlighting books I've loved! I thought these titles were fascinating, surprised me,...

A former artist-in-residence at a hospice, MacNaughton distills the process of witnessing a loved one's end of life into a few elements...

Sutanto's Vera Wong is playful, brusque, bossy, and connects an unlikely cast of characters, all murder suspects, into a heartwarming...

Frazier offers an immersive story that morphs from a WPA-funded rural art commission to a leisurely country-wide search, an unlikely...

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading the upcoming The Secret Life of Flora Lea, historical fiction with magical realism from Patti...

My very favorite Bossy April reads! Here are the books I most loved reading in April: Exiles, the third in Jane Harper's Australian Aaron...

Read's debut novel is gorgeously written, with vivid details of mid-century Colorado, moments that change everything, impossible...

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

Sharratt's carefully researched, richly detailed historical fiction is based on the life of the medieval mystic who long served as an...

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Go as a River, historical fiction from Shelley Read; I'm listening to the audiobook version of Mary...

Six Favorite Lighter Fiction Reads I'm having so much fun spending Fridays highlighting books I've loved. And see, my heart is not made...

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,...

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

Holes's account of the dogged determination and attention to detail--as well as the cost to his personal life--involved in discovering...

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm listening to The Lonely Hearts Book Club by Lucy Gilmore; I'm listening to the audiobook version of Emily...

Six Favorite Fantasy Reads I love spending Fridays raving about books I've loved! I've also recently posted about favorite reads from...

Poet Maggie Smith's memoir traces the end of her marriage, weaving in the history and the future while she acknowledges that any story is...

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...