

Jan 22
Review of Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books by Kirsten Miller
Lula Dean focuses on the incredible power of books and truth-telling as characters discover their bravest selves and confront difficult...


Nov 12, 2024
Review of How to Read a Book by Monica Wood
This novel about the power of books takes a tough situation that ends in a death and allows for a fresh start--which might push the...


Jun 25, 2024
Review of The Rom-Commers by Katherine Center
Katherine Center offers a writing-focused story in which forced proximity, past secrets, complicated life circumstances, and a fear of...


May 16, 2024
Review of The Enchanted by Rene Denfeld
ICYMI: A death-row inmate's desperate need for escapism leads to an elaborate world of magical thinking and fantastical scenes in this...


Apr 16, 2024
Review of Funny Story by Emily Henry
Funny Story is the perfect rom-com read. Henry offers funny banter that made me laugh, some steamy moments, and a sweet love story....


Sep 5, 2023
Review of The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston
I loved the aunt-niece bond, the peeks into the NYC worlds of publishing and restaurants, and the playing with time. I was irritated by...


Aug 30, 2023
Review of The Invisible Hour by Alice Hoffman
I was taken with the first half of this book--a rural cult, a teen mother, a strong female protagonist in an impossible situation,...


May 9, 2023
Review of The Secret Book of Flora Lea by Patti Callahan Henry
The premise and setting of The Secret Book of Flora Lea are captivating. I was distracted by what felt like overly dramatic dialogue and...


Apr 20, 2023
Review of The Lonely Hearts Book Club by Lucy Gilmore
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,...


Dec 13, 2022
Review of The Book Woman's Daughter by Kim Michele Richardson
Richardson focuses her historical fiction on Kentucky again, picking up the story of the rural book delivery, Blue People, friendship,...


Nov 9, 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...


Oct 20, 2022
Review of The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston
This romantic light fiction story includes sibling conflicts, loss, betrayal, a love that seems impossible...and a ghostwriter who's...


Aug 25, 2022
Review of The Last Bookshop in London: A Novel of World War II by Madeline Martin
This World War II-set novel is a love letter to books, to looking out for others, to forming friends-like-family connections, and to...


Aug 4, 2022
Review of The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin
ICYMI: This is a heartwarming book from the author of Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow about books, second chances, and finding hope...


Jul 21, 2022
Review of The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson
Kim Michele Richardson's historical fiction offers a 1936 Appalachian setting, the magic and unassuming power of a rural librarian, and...


Oct 7, 2021
Review of Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr
Doerr's Cloud Cuckoo Land was a complex, heartbreaking, hope-filled, surprising, fascinating read. Forgetting, he is learning, is how the...


Sep 22, 2021
Review of The Story Thieves (Story Thieves #1) by James Riley
Riley has crafted a middle-grade fantasy book with humor, adventure, characters to root for, and heart and depth that surprised me. I'll...


Jul 7, 2021
Review of Blush by Jamie Brenner
Blush centers around a family winery and the three generations whose lives orbit around the vineyard and also features racy reads from...


Jul 2, 2021
Three Books I'm Reading Now, 7/2/21 Edition
The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading an upcoming suspenseful thriller from Blacktop Wasteland author S.A. Cosby; a light fiction story...


May 18, 2021
Three Books I'm Reading Now, 5/18/21 Edition
The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading a brand-new romance-and-music book that's gotten lots of buzz; a beautiful modern classic from a...