Review of Now Is Not the Time to Panic by Kevin Wilson
Kevin Wilson's wonderfully odd 1990s coming-of-age novel centers around teens Frankie and Zeke, their mysterious artistic creation, and...
Nov 22, 2022
Three Books I'm Reading Now, 11/21/22 Edition
The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Blackwater Falls, a recently published thriller by Ausma Zehanat Khan about the mystery of missing...
Nov 21, 2022
My Six Favorite Book Club Books of 2022
Book club love! These are my favorite book club reads from the past year. We also read Betty, We Are Not Like Them, All Her Little...
Nov 18, 2022
Review of The Last Days of Night by Graham Moore
ICYMI: Graham Moore tells a historical fiction tale based on real events surrounding the rise of the light bulb--with compelling...
Nov 17, 2022
Review of A Restless Truth (Last Binding #2) by Freya Marske
The second book in Marske's series is an irresistible queer magical mystery thriller with Edwardian England details, racy encounters,...
Nov 16, 2022
Review of Year of Wonders: A Novel of the Plague by Geraldine Brooks
ICYMI: Geraldine Brooks crafts a historical fiction story of 1666, a year in which disease, fear, and loss make way for redemption,...
Nov 15, 2022
Three Books I'm Reading Now, 11/14/22 Edition
The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Kate Atkinson's newest book, historical fiction set in 1926 jazz-era London; I'm reading Kevin...
Nov 14, 2022
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...
Nov 11, 2022
Review of The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell
I was hooked on the captivating details of Renaissance life, masterfully paced swirling danger and paranoia, and richly developed major...
Nov 10, 2022
Review of The Librarian Spy by Madeline Martin
I was interested in both of Martin's World War II storylines. The author's historical fiction romance-writing is evident here, in...
Nov 9, 2022
Review of A Study in Scarlet Women (Lady Sherlock #1) by Sherry Thomas
This first book in Sherry Thomas's gender-flipped Sherlock Holmes mystery series offers not only an irresistible heroine, but a...
Nov 8, 2022
Three Books I'm Reading Now, 11/7/22 Edition
The Books I'm Reading Now I'm listening to Sherry Thomas's Victorian mystery (the first in a hefty series) starring an independent young...
Nov 7, 2022
Six Foodie Memoirs to Whet Your Appetite
It's time for the foooood books! The shout-out: this Greedy Reading List theme was suggested by my lovely longtime friend, fellow book...
Nov 4, 2022
Review of The Other Side of Night by Adam Hamdy
The twist in The Other Side of Night is fascinating, but I wanted to feel more for the characters, who experience extensive trauma, feel...
Nov 3, 2022
Review of Horse by Geraldine Brooks
Geraldine Brooks's Horse digs into issues of race across three timelines, linked by a special bond between an enslaved man and a horse in...
Nov 2, 2022
Review of Nora Goes Off Script by Annabel Monaghan
Sink into this light-fiction escapism; Nora Goes Off Script is romantic and satisfying in its outlandishly satisfying resolutions,...
Nov 1, 2022
Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/31/22 Edition
The Books I'm Reading Now Happy Halloween, bookworms! I'm reading The Marriage Portrait, Maggie O'Farrell's newest historical fiction,...
Oct 31, 2022
October Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
My very favorite October reads! Here are my six favorite reads of the past month: a bitingly funny, poignant book of essays; a candid...
Oct 28, 2022
Review of Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
Marcellus the octopus is the very deserving star of the show here, and being able to predict much of where the story was headed didn't...
Oct 27, 2022
Review of How to Be Perfect: The Correct Answer to Every Moral Question by Michael Schur
Filled with sometimes playful, often weighty questions, scenarios, and ideas, How to Be Perfect makes considering ethics and morality...
Oct 26, 2022