

Review of Weather Girl by Rachel Lynn Solomon
In Weather Girl, Rachel Lynn Solomon brings humor and a little steamy romance to a newsroom setting, with a fun Parent Trap-style...
Aug 3, 2022


Review of The Bodyguard by Katherine Center
Katherine Center's newest light fiction offers an irresistible premise--a female bodyguard poses as the girlfriend of a heartthrob...
Jul 27, 2022


Six More Great Light Fiction Stories
More Light Fiction Favorites When I posted a few weeks ago about favorite light fiction reads and asked for other's favorites, bookish...
Jul 8, 2022


Review of In a New York Minute by Kate Spencer
I found myself yearning for more from this meet cute, but I loved the New York City details--complete with an extended set of Moonstruck...
Jul 5, 2022


Review of One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston
McQuiston's love letter to New York offers charming song references, LGBTQ love, steamy scenes, character growth--and an irresistible...
Jun 29, 2022


Six Great Light Fiction Stories Perfect for Summer Reading
Some Light Fiction Favorites At the start of the pandemic, I was particularly drawn to lighter fiction because the chances felt slim that...
Jun 17, 2022


Review of Part of Your World by Abby Jimenez
Jimenez offers humor, spicy moments, and romance while incorporating weighty issues into her light fiction opposites-attract story Part...
May 17, 2022


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,...
Oct 28, 2021


Review of Very Sincerely Yours by Kerry Winfrey
I delighted in the way Teddy and Everett shared pieces of their true oddball, vulnerable, silly, thoughtful selves. This was a...
Oct 5, 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 20, 2021


Review of Tokyo Ever After by Emiko Jean
Emiko Jean's young adult light fiction is delightful, youthful, sometimes wonderfully silly, and heartwarming. The irresistible premise...
Sep 14, 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...
Sep 10, 2021


August Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
My very favorite books from August! These are the books I most loved reading during the past month. The list skews toward light fiction,...
Aug 31, 2021


Review of The Ex Talk by Rachel Lynn Solomon
Rachel Lynn Solomon's debut light fiction, The Ex Talk, incorporates a love of public radio, will-they/won't-they tensions, humor, heart,...
Aug 30, 2021


Three Books I'm Reading Now, 8/27/21 Edition
The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Bill Browder's Red Notice, which is nonfiction about the author's uncovering of corruption in...
Aug 27, 2021


Review of Shoulder Season by Christina Clancy
The Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, atmosphere of Shoulder Season was a standout element, but the characters' interactions and some of the...
Aug 20, 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 19, 2021


Three Books I'm Reading Now, 8/18/21 Edition
The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Shoulder Season, Christina Clancy's novel set in 1981 Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, at a Playboy resort;...
Aug 18, 2021


Review of People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry
Henry strikes the perfect tone for this wonderfully sweet, funny, friendship-based, romantic story that has lovely depth. People We Meet...
Aug 10, 2021


Three Books I'm Reading Now, 8/4/21 Edition
The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading People We Meet on Vacation, Emily Henry's newest light fiction novel about best friends and polar...
Aug 4, 2021
