She is also the author of the Rooks and Ruin and Swords and Fire series. I'm listening to The Safekeep , which was shortlisted for the 2024 Booker Prize, as an audiobook.

The book's cover design says "literary fiction" to me, but the novel felt at first very much like a light

This is my book club's first read of 2022. 02 Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao Xiran Jay Zhao blends Chinese this book courtesy of Penguin Random House Canada and NetGalley (but I'm just now reading this fall 2021

I was very close to abandoning the book. But I'm glad I stuck with it.

They're fascinating and written about very different topics--race and incarceration, mental illness, I originally posted this list in October of 2020 (I've made a few changes to the text but the list of This book was published in 2014, but I finally read it this year and am so very glad. A 2020 New York Times article, "Is Ronan Farrow Too Good to Be True?"

pacing, captivating character development, and dark turns in this third book in her young adult mystery series "You haven’t even picked out a new duvet set; I’m told that’s a very important milestone.” As Good As Dead is the final book in A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, a series I've loved, and I've been delaying reading this third and final installment due to my willful denial that the series is ending Book one in the A Good Girl's Guide to Murder (AGGGTM) series is A Good Girl's Guide to Murder and book

Meanwhile she introduced the topic of her sociopathy very quickly upon meeting people, she reconnected

scope of Vivian's reason for writing, but I didn't much care about this potential issue because I loved every At the very end of the book Vivian writes something wonderfully matter-of-fact to Angela regarding this Gilbert is a lovely writer who authored the very interesting nonfiction book Last American Man and the

The identity and situation regarding the latter were somewhat easily sussed out--although the very specifics

Lila has planned her million-dollar wedding down to the last detail, and Phoebe's depression and her very

Macintyre also wrote the fantastic Spy and the Traitor, which was one of my Six Favorite Nonfiction Books

In the case of Blue Hour, I missed the very clear note "A Novel" on the cover while downloading the audiobook

Reading about lying and stealing makes me very stressed out, so I was biting my nails while reading Korelitz's I received a prepublication copy of this book, published May 11, 2021, courtesy of NetGalley and Celadon

And I'm listening to The Blood of the Old Kings , the first in Sung-Il Kim's fantasy series in which All the Water in the World is slated for publication January 7, 2025. 02 Blood of the Old Kings (Bleeding

Zelda carries on a heartbreakingly candid, one-way correspondence with the author of her favorite Viking

Less is absurd, very funny, and a little heartbreaking--light on the surface but with plenty of meaning

yourself on the line for other people, the bravery of falling in love, and the importance of treasuring every The tone is very different, but the superhero element of this book reminded me of Hench, a darkly charming

The fourth mystery in Johnson's Truly Devious series delivers more smart, creative sleuthing from Stevie Johnson's Truly Devious series offers dark scenes, wicked mysteries, blossoming attractions, loyal and This allows for the cooperative problem-solving that I adore in the rest of the series. Maureen Johnson also wrote the young adult Shades of London series, which is based on Jack the Ripper's newest book, Nine Liars, which also features Stevie Bell, is scheduled for publication December 27, 2022

I've been so very excited for this book for ages, and I'm glad to finally be diving in! Who undoes her own tapestry every night. Never finishes it. The men never get to possess her."

But for every person whose contentment and fulfillment come from faithfully executing a predetermined Where You Go Is Not Who You'll Be offers varied ways to think about college and the increasing pressure ideas, to give your brain a vigorous workout and your soul a thorough investigation, to realize how very

rooms of the Roosevelt White House (which, Bloom recounts in interviews, functioned more like a not-very-fancy

What have been your favorite pandemic-era book buys?

(It actually came out in August 2025.)

This series of unexpected events upends everything for Cooper--some in the best ways and others in the But I very much enjoyed my time in the woods with Cooper and especially Finch.

of a close-knit network of community members) and a successful city doctor with expensive taste and very Meanwhile every visit to Daniel and his town builds up Alexis, fills her heart, teaches her about unconditional

I listened to Wintering as an audiobook and very much enjoyed Rebecca Lee's narration. May is also the author of The Electricity of Every Living Thing as well as other books.

publication of her novels, her political activism, her funding of other artists' projects, and her mother's 2022

man on behalf of every woman who needs protection. They sometimes have to go to great lengths to do so because everyday dangers loom around every corner But the issues Hutchison explores are very real and weighty, and there is far more meat to this story Waters was really interesting in ways I didn't anticipate, and I also like Hutchison's writing style very Hutchison wrote The Collector series, which I haven't read, but it looks well received, and I intend

I loved this book so very much. It reminded me of Neuvel’s Themis books, but it was more playful. Later this week I'll post a review of the newest in this series, A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor.

I received a prepublication audiobook edition of this spring 2025 title courtesy of Libro.fm and Penguin

family, her religion, and her community, found her world turned upside down when she discovered in 2020

And each ended the night full and happy with the rare glow that comes from knowing your very being has

Another book with a character based upon Nathaniel Hawthorne--although it treats him very differently

Showing characters sharing classic oldies music tastes with the Antichrist was one of my favorite parts

We all were; our lives poisoned by the very things we thought would save us."

Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading the newest (eighth) book in Martha Wells's Murderbot science fiction series Storm; and I'm reading the second installment in Devney Perry's adventure-romantasy Shield of Sparrows series Decay, we catch up with the delightfully grumpy Murderbot (SecUnit), who in this eighth book in the series Fortune is also the author of Meet Me at the Lake, Every Summer After, One Golden Summer, and This Summer Click here to read my review of book one in the series, Shield of Sparrows.

woman is one of many civil servants offered a mysterious job: she'll be a handler for expats--and paid very

They're fascinating and written about very different topics--race and incarceration, mental illness, A 2020 New York Times article, "Is Ronan Farrow Too Good to Be True?"

heart-pounding action, the fascinating imagined power and scope of gene engineering, the world on the verge realizes that he's been infected by a virus--one designed to make him seem uninfected, then to modify his very He’s becoming stronger and smarter every day--but he’s also being hunted down for potential destruction

Our sense of self is very resourceful. People are booking restorations every day. People still want deletions....

present, and future in this post-apocalyptic story about a pandemic (which has been made into a limited series My smarty friend Laura recently told me that Station Eleven has been adapted into a limited HBO series well as other novels, and her novel The Sea of Tranquility is slated for publication in the spring of 2022

Their lives have gone in different directions, and they've always been very different in many ways, yet each character; their writing challenges in trying to dive into each point of view while trying not to favor

I would very happily read a full Little House in the Prairie-length series about Bertie and her life. I would very happily read a full Little House in the Prairie-length series about Bertie and her life. Hardinger offers up many crisp and varied details of the time, she captures Bertie’s speech patterns,

I'd love to hear: What are some of your favorite memoirs? 01 Here For It by R.

If you like short stories, check out The Office of Historical Corrections--a very different short story

new edition of this title is in the works that will reflect relevant factors and events through early 2025

Two other light fiction books I've reviewed that involve the celebrity-love trope are Very Sincerely

Very very happy.

I listened to The Safekeep , which was shortlisted for the 2024 Booker Prize, as an audiobook.

The Rose Code is a wonderfully spun historical fiction story of three very different women who answer