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- Review of Nightwatch on the Hinterlands by K. Eason
Eason is also the author of the On the Bones of Gods fantasy series. This is the first book in The Weep series.
- Review of Our Woman in Moscow by Beatriz Williams
Every heart-stopping moment; every exquisite detail; the characters' growth, emotional distance, and
- Review of Queens of London by Heather Webb
storylines was laid out almost distractingly cleanly and without loose ends, with happy endings for favored I can't wait for what I hope is the inevitable movie or series version of this book!
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 11/25/24 Edition
Avery, the oldest, ten years sober, is a married lawyer (her wife is her former therapist, eek) making
- Review of Legends & Lattes (Legends & Lattes #1) by Travis Baldree
The first in the Legends & Lattes series is a cozy fantasy story about new beginnings, the transformative
- Review of The Caretaker by Ron Rash
A series of elaborate falsifications, outrageous subterfuge, and outright lies creates a tangled web
- Review of Head Over Heels by Hannah Orenstein
Here's the premise of Hannah Orenstein's latest book: nineteen-year-old Avery Abrams was set to be the When she hits a version of rock bottom and moves home, Avery's former teammate and crush Ryan (who did become an Olympic champion) talks her into helping him coach Hallie, a young phenom at the gym where Avery Avery has to figure out quickly if she can come to terms with her potential new role in the gymnastics breaks and multiple revelations of abuse within the gymnastics community are made public, what can Avery
- Review of The Return of Ellie Black by Emiko Jean
The reveal of the true story behind the abductions, cruelties, and murders seemed far-fetched (every
- Review of Bunny (Bunny #1) by Mona Awad
etched on panes of glass using a dagger-shaped diamond she wears around her neck; another presents "a series
- Review of Let Us Descend by Jesmyn Ward
Hell, my mother said, and more of us marching there every day.
- Review of Clear by Carys Davies
A series of events leads from disaster to recovery, to connection and secrets, to a surprising set of
- Review of Beneath a Starless Sky by Tessa Harris
Thomas Silkstone series and the Constance Piper Mystery series as well as The Light We Left Behind.
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/13/25 Edition
intrigued and also deeply irritated by her academic rival, Peter Murdoch, who seems to be showing her up at every
- Review of Grey Dog by Elliott Gish
Her cruel, controlling father is high up in the school board, so while he lords over her this "favor" historical fiction story, but I became fully hooked as the tale morphed into something wonderfully eerie
- Review of The End of Drum-Time by Hanna Pylväinen
Circle, immersing the reader in a cold, unforgiving climate and in the long-held traditions of its varied
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 3/31/25 Edition
Chakraborty is also the author of the wonderful novel The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi , the first in the series
- Review of Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor
The family's collective assumption that they may, unsolicited, rightfully weigh in on Zelu's every decision
- Review of The Book of Love by Kelly Link
In Kelly Link's wonderfully oddball debut novel The Book of Love , she uses every bit of the book's 640
- Review of The Light After the War by Anita Abriel
Vera and Edith are such a complementary WWII partnership, and I loved spending time with these strong Abriel offers a vivid account of the fear and dread—intermixed with sparks of hope—that sustained Vera Vera and Edith are such a complementary partnership, and I loved spending time with these strong young Her grandmother Vera lived with her family when Abriel was growing up, and she grew up hearing tales
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 6/30/25 Edition
roles skillfully playing lovely women have led highbrow ladies and gentlemen alike to seduce him with favors Carley Fortune is also the author of Meet Me at the Lake and Every Summer After .
- Review of Antarctica by Claire Keegan
Antarctica showcases Keegan's masterful ability to distill varied lives into seemingly small moments,
- Review of The Whalebone Theatre by Joanna Quinn
The beginning of the book moves quite slowly, which is fitting for the decadent, ongoing series of lavish
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 1/31/22 Edition
This is the third book in Adrienne Young's Fable series. Click here for my review of Fable, and click here for my review of book two in the series, Namesake.
- Review of Finlay Donovan Is Killing It by Elle Cosimano
Cosimano perfectly sets the scene for the next book in the series. Cosimano is also the author of the young adult mystery series Nearly Gone, the young adult fantasy series
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 2/17/25 Edition
village in the 1960s, Time of the Child ; and I'm listening to the third in Rebecca Yarros's romantasy series
- Review of The Book of Doors by Gareth Brown
And inside the enigmatic pages are the words Any door is every door.
- Review of Annie Bot by Sierra Greer
Annie was created to please her owner, Doug, in every way.
- Review of Into the Wilderness (Wilderness #1) by Sara Donati
In this first book of Donati's Wilderness series, it's 1792 and Elizabeth Middleton has traveled with
- Review of Tokyo Ever After by Emiko Jean
Tokyo Ever After is listed as Tokyo Ever After #1, with the second book in the series, Tokyo Dreaming And for young adult royal stories, try Six Royally Magical Young Adult Series.
- Review of VenCo by Cherie Dimaline
James is on the verge of snapping--and that's before she finds out she and her increasingly forgetful Through a series of unexpected events, she is offered a mysterious job at a publishing company...but
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 3/14/22 Edition
reading Finlay Donovan Knocks 'Em Dead, the second in Elle Cosimano's playful Finlay Donovan mystery series 01 Finlay Donovan Knocks 'Em Dead by Elle Cosimano In Elle Cosimano's first book in this series, Finlay In this second book, Finlay has Vero in her confidences as her live-in nanny.
- Review of Bomb Shelter: Love, Time, and Other Explosives by Mary Laura Philpott
As far as I can tell, the uncertain part is: every second we’re alive, until the last.
- Review of The Gods of Howl Mountain by Taylor Brown
I loved every bit of this story. Do you have any Bossy thoughts about this book?
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 12/14/21 Edition
Lincoln Highway, listening to Robert Galbraith's 944-page fifth installment in the Cormoran Strike series and Rules of Civility. 02 Troubled Blood by Robert Galbratih In the fifth installment of the mystery series
- Review of Happy-Go-Lucky by David Sedaris
He takes the reader on a roller coaster of emotions, and I love every bit of it.
- Review of Love, Theoretically by Ali Hazelwood
But a series of coincidences and misunderstandings lead to her being unaware that the head physicist
- Review of The Impossible Destiny of Cutie Grackle by Shawn K. Stout
Stout is also the author of the Penelope Crumb series, the Not-So-Ordinary Girl books, and the historical
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 11/25/21 Edition
Thomas Silkstone series and the Constance Piper Mystery series as well as The Light We Left Behind),
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 12/18/23 Edition
I'm Reading Now I'm listening to Divine Rivals, the first in Rebecca Ross's Letters of Enchantment series
- Review of The Dream Builders by Oindrila Mukherjee
shapes The Dream Builders by telling the stories from ten different characters, interconnected but varied
- Review of The Book of Delights by Ross Gay
The point is that in almost every instance of our lives, our social lives, we are, if we pay attention Ross Gay resolved to write about a joy or delight, large or small, every day for a year, beginning on
- Review of Holy Envy: Finding God in the Faith of Others by Barbara Brown Taylor
Taylor examines differences in faiths as well as where varied faiths intersect, and by seeing these religions
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 3/4/24 Edition
01 Expiration Dates by Rebecca Serle Every time Daphne Bell meets a potential love interest, she receives
- Review of Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano
Napolitano takes the reader through a series of disastrous events and through sometimes unconventional
- Review of This Other Eden by Paul Harding
Harding meanwhile offers a quickly unraveling series of events on the island as government officials
- Six Fascinating Historical Fiction Stories about the Civil War
pleasure, and saw that I was on the brink of squandering a wondrous gift, the gift of being allowed, every day, to wander this vast sensual paradise, this grand marketplace lovingly stocked with every sublime
- Review of World Running Down by Al Hess
Al Hess is also the author of Yours Celestially, Key Lime Sky, and the series Hep Cats of Boise.
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 11/3/20 Edition
Head Over Heels Just listen to this premise from Hannah Orenstein's latest book: nineteen-year-old Avery When she hits a version of rock bottom and moves home, Avery's former teammate and crush Ryan (who did become an Olympic champion) talks her into helping him coach a young phenom at the gym where Avery spent
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 4/10/23 Edition
April 11. 02 You Could Make This Place Beautiful: A Memoir by Maggie Smith “Life, like a poem, is a series
- Review of Those We Thought We Knew by David Joy
The evil at the center of the mystery was a surprise because of the varied points of view, so while I

















































