

Review of My Friends by Fredrik Backman
I liked the unlikely modern-day friendship and depth of connection, and I love a best-friend story, but the past timeline and immense,...
Sep 3


Review of Black Woods, Blue Sky by Eowyn Ivey
Eowyn Ivey offers elements familiar from her other two novels--a cold, unforgiving setting; magical realism; attempts to overcome...
May 28


Review of Maria: A Novel of Maria von Trapp by Michelle Moran
I was hooked on the behind-the-scenes feeling of Moran's historical-fiction conversations between Maria von Trapp and an assistant to...
Sep 11, 2024


Review of The Goddess of Warsaw by Lisa Barr
Lisa Barr's World War II-set historical fiction follows a Jewish resistance fighter and spy through the Warsaw Ghetto to her second act...
Jul 25, 2024


Review of Truly Devious (Truly Devious #1) by Maureen Johnson
ICYMI: This is the first in Johnson's young adult series, set in a boarding school in rural Vermont, with compelling past and present...
Dec 1, 2022


Review of The Love of My Life by Rosie Walsh
In The Love of My Life, Rosie Walsh offers a twisty contemporary fiction novel and psychological thriller centered around a fascinating...
May 25, 2022
