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Mar 15

Review of Weyward by Emilia Hart

Emilia Hart's debut novel links women in three timelines through blood and a powerful connection to the natural world as they resist male...

Mar 2

Review of Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik

ICYMI: This five-star retelling of the story of Rumpelstiltskin offers kickass female protagonists, haunting twists and turns, wonderful,...

Feb 15

Review of Looking for Jane by Heather Marshall

Marshall's debut historical fiction centers around women's searches for body autonomy in three timelines of interconnected characters and...

Feb 2

Review of Maame by Jessica George

Jessica George's debut Maame takes on big issues of race, culture, and the challenges of growing up between two cultures while shining in...

Nov 8, 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...

Oct 25, 2022

Review of The Fire and the Ore by Olivia Hawker

Hawker offers irresistible details of daily life and historical elements that add vivid layers to this story of Utah Territory,...

Oct 13, 2022

Review of The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes

ICYMI: I loved being along for the ride with Moyes's five strong women characters as they traveled through the wilds of Kentucky in...

Jun 15, 2022

Review of The Change by Kristen Miller

The Change explores the power of menopausal women and the poignant strength of friendship; supplies satisfying revenge fantasies and...

Mar 18, 2022

Six Science Fiction Favorites to Dive Into

Science Fiction Faves I've been giving book talks lately about stories I've loved and upcoming titles I'm excited about, and I've seen...

Feb 15, 2022

Review of One Step Too Far (Frankie Elkin #2) by Lisa Gardner

The heart of the mystery the emotionally tortured Frankie uncovers in the wilds of Wyoming in One Step Too Far includes heart-stopping...

Dec 28, 2021

Review of Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao

I was intrigued by the Chinese folklore influences and the story's feminist leanings, although I felt bogged down at times by...

Jul 15, 2021

Review of Fallen: A Novel of Suspense by Linda Castillo

Castillo's Amish setting is intriguing, I didn't see the resolution of the mystery coming, and I was kept engaged while listening to...

Mar 1, 2021

Review of Machinehood by S.B. Divya

Space! Robots! Artificial intelligence! Divya has crafted strong female main protagonists who navigate the sometimes dark, always...

Feb 15, 2021

Review of The Loneliest Girl in the Universe by Lauren James

I loved this. Romy's soaring hopes, her vulnerability and then her growing doubts, her self-reliance and quick thinking, and the shifts...

Feb 3, 2021

Review of Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell

The interconnectedness of the characters and the details of household life and power structures of the time period were wonderful and the...

Jan 22, 2021

Six Great Books about the Immigrant Experience

01 Pachinko by Min Jin Lee In the early 1900s, a teenager falls for a silver-tongued stranger on the coast of Korea. But when the...

Jan 19, 2021

Review of Before She Disappeared by Lisa Gardner

Gardner's brand-new character-driven mystery offers an imperfect, unassuming heroine obsessed with solving the cold cases of missing...

Jan 18, 2021

Three Books I'm Reading Now, 1/18/21 Edition

01 Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo Evaristo won the Booker Prize in 2019 for this novel, which I'm listening to as an audiobook...

Oct 30, 2020

Six Historical Fiction Mysteries to Intrigue You

I love an intersection of historical fiction and mystery, two genres I love. Some of the books listed here also have supernatural elements.

Oct 28, 2020

Review of The Exiles by Christina Baker Kline

Many of her characters find themselves in despairingly difficult situations, but Kline offers glimmers of hope as well.

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