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- Review of Meet Me at the Lake by Carley Fortune
ended up at home, working with the people she grew up being babysat by, or dated as a youngster, or saw every Carley Fortune is also the author of Every Summer After, a book I really liked.
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 7/24/23 Edition
and I'm listening to A Perilous Undertaking, the second in Deanna Raybourn's sassy Veronica Speedwell series Raybourn I loved A Curious Beginning, the first book in Deanna Raybourn's sassy Veronica Speedwell series
- Review of Trespasses by Louise Kennedy
her small outer Belfast community, where violent Protestant-Catholic tensions are threatening to rule every
- Review of The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell
The letter inspires varied and complicated questions about the possibly disturbing events that transpired There's a satisfying wrap-up and a series of denouements and moments of redemption—yet Jewell also leaves
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/2/23 Edition
A Winter in New York; and I'm listening to the first in Sara Donati's historical fiction Wilderness series tomorrow. 03 Into the Wilderness (Wilderness #1) by Sara Donati In this first book of Donati's Wilderness series
- Review of I'm Laughing Because I'm Crying: A Memoir by Youngmi Mayer
Much of the book feels like a series of heartfelt tirades and they're presented without a clear path
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 4/17/23 Edition
Place, scheduled for release April 25; and I'm reading the first in Tracy Deonn's young adult fantasy series Bree's mother dies in an accident, she escapes the painful memories of her childhood home and town in favor Legendborn is the first in Tracy Deonn's young adult Legendborn Cycle series.
- Review of Return of the Thief by Megan Whalen Turner
happy to spend time with Gen and Attolia again in this sixth and final book of Turner's Queen's Thief series Return of the Thief is the sixth and final book in Turner's fantastic Queen's Thief series. Turner's series was published over a period of almost twenty-five years, and the story trail traces the I listed the Queen's Thief series in the Greedy Reading List Six Royally Magical Young Adult Series,
- Review of The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones
insists on confessing to the pastor, and his story grows increasingly haunting as he recounts a harrowing series
- Review of Atmosphere: A Love Story by Taylor Jenkins Reid
have felt over the top, but as usual, I was putty in Taylor Jenkins Reid's hands, ready to embrace every
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 3/7/22 Edition
Comedy Drama; and I'm listening to the first in the prolific Marie Lu's young adult fantasy Legend series Are we at the point where we can discuss my love for Naomi Novik's nine-book Temeraire talking-dragon series role as the sleazy lawyer with a heart in the show Breaking Bad, or from his lead role in a spinoff series Check out my review of her book Skyhunter, and look for my upcoming review of the second in that series
- Review of Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy
Australian author McConaghy is also the author of Once There Were Wolves as well as The Chronicles of Kaya series , The Cure series, and the series Strangers of Paragor.
- Review of The Other Side of Night by Adam Hamdy
boy, a respectable citizen, and a disgraced police officer are intertwined through connections to a series Adam Hamdy is also the author of the Scott Pearce series, the Pendulum trilogy, Battalion, and Out of
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 4/11/22 Edition
goodbye and finding new hope; and Nightwatch on the Hinterlands, the first science fiction mystery in a series 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 Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey
unorthodox approach, but as with other occurrences of ferocity he mentions (his mother's broken fingers and varied It’s up to us, our choice every time.”
- Review of Divine Rivals (Letters of Enchantment #1) by Rebecca Ross
Rebecca Ross has also written two other series, Elements of Cadence and The Queen's Rising, as well as
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 2/6/23 Edition
James is on the verge of snapping--and that's before she finds out she's going to be evicted from her Every child a wanted child, every mother a willing mother.
- Review of The Three Lives of Cate Kay by Kate Fagan
author Cate Kay has written a bestselling postapocalyptic trilogy (which is about to be made into a series
- Review of Home Before Dark by Riley Sager
by misleading details or bogged down by red herrings, and that he struck what was for me a perfectly eerie heard this one compared to The Haunting of Hill House, but I haven't read that one (or watched the TV series Eerie books are great escapism, though--for example, during a PANDEMIC.
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 3/28/22 Edition
This thriller has been optioned by actress Emma Stone to be produced as a limited television series. twisty mystery The Missing Piece continues his popular Dismas Hardy series. I haven't read the others in this series, but I'm confident Lescroart is going to orient me properly
- Review of Cult Classic by Sloane Crosley
particularly fraught for someone like Lola, who can't let go of the past, who has meticulously saved every memento from every man in her life, who constantly questions whether she has it in her to remain committed
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 11/10/25 Edition
Sara Holland is also the author of the Everless and Havenfall series. 02 Volatile Memory (Volatile Memory
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 6/2/25 Edition
wife) of evicting the sole inhabitant of a remote island off the northern coast of Scotland, and a series
- Review of Here One Moment by Liane Moriarty
life and death and inspires me to do the same, and Moriarty shapes each character's path forward in varied
- Review of The Paris Novel by Ruth Reichl
tempted to defy her mother by not following her bossy demands, but when Stella arrives in Paris, a series
- 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 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 Our Woman in Moscow by Beatriz Williams
Every heart-stopping moment; every exquisite detail; the characters' growth, emotional distance, and
- 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 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 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 Let Us Descend by Jesmyn Ward
Hell, my mother said, and more of us marching there every day.
- 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 Clear by Carys Davies
A series of events leads from disaster to recovery, to connection and secrets, to a surprising set of
- 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
- 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, 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
- 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 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
- 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.
- 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 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

















































