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Nov 18, 2021

Review of This Shining Life by Harriet Kline

Kline's poignant, lovely book explores a family's emotional missteps and enduring love after a painful loss, and their hard-fought...

Oct 28, 2021

Review of Under the Whispering Door by T.J. Klune

Klune's newest novel is heartwarming, earnest, light, and sweet, with a vision of an in-between afterlife that is surprisingly romantic,...

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 15, 2021

Three Books I'm Reading Now, 9/15/21 Edition

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Wiley Cash's upcoming Southern mystery, When Ghosts Come Home; A Thousand Ships, Natalie Haynes's...

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...

Aug 19, 2021

Review of Instructions for Dancing by Nicola Yoon

This light fiction young adult novel offers (reluctant) romance, best friendships, dance lessons, glimpses into the future, a reimagined...

Aug 2, 2021

Review of The People We Keep by Allison Larkin

Teenaged April has been dealt a difficult hand in life, and watching her struggle to make her way and connect with others in Allison...

Jun 10, 2021

Review of Last Summer at the Golden Hotel by Elyssa Friedland

This summer read makes you feel like you’re in safe hands, and you can be confident that nothing here will go seriously awry. The vivid...

Jun 8, 2021

Three Books I'm Reading Now, 6/8/21 Edition

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading what may be a perfect summer read with plenty of nostalgia; a dark, mythology-filled mystery; and...

Jun 7, 2021

Review of The Soulmate Equation by Christina Lauren

The story is heartwarming, funny, with strong friendships, plus it's steamy and romantic at times without being dramatic. I loved this...

May 31, 2021

Three Books I'm Reading Now, 5/31/21 Edition

The Books I'm Reading Now Two of these books are largely about redemption, two focus on the twisted blessing-and-curse of technology, and...

May 25, 2021

Review of The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Daré

Adunni is a tough young woman determined to have a voice and emerge from her oppressive situation, and she's wonderfully dogged,...

Mar 19, 2021

Six Fantastic Stand-Alone Young Adult Books

Aren't young adult books just the best? Young adult is one of my favorite genres to read for fun and to edit. The main protagonists are...

Jan 5, 2021

Review of Here For It: Or, How to Save Your Soul in America by R. Eric Thomas

Here For It is refreshing and playful yet thoughtful. I loved spending time with the uproariously funny Thomas. In Here for It: Or, How...

Dec 23, 2020

Review of In a Holidaze by Christina Lauren

In a Holidaze is a romantic holiday time twist with sexy interludes and a reliably happy ending. Twentysomething Mae is spending the...

Nov 13, 2020

Six Lighter Fiction Stories for Great Escapism

01 Head Over Heels by Hannah Orenstein Nineteen-year-old Avery Abrams was set to be the next big gymnastics Olympic champion. She had the...

Nov 6, 2020

Six More Great Fiction Titles I Loved This Year

01 Where the Forest Meets the Stars Joanna is feeling adrift after her mother's death, and she disappears into the constant attention her...

Nov 2, 2020

Review of Sorry I'm Late, I Didn't Want to Come: One Introvert's Year of Saying Yes by Jessica Pan

Pan is wonderfully honest, appealingly thoughtful, and often so so funny. I was so happy spending time in her point of view throughout...

Apr 19, 2020

Review of Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson

This short book packs delightfully odd, satisfying, and sometimes laugh-out-loud funny moments.

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