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- November Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
being poisoned, Anja must not only navigate the ins and outs of royal customs, adjust her practical wardrobe Collum is an instinctually gifted, strong knight who has literally fought for sword training as a lowly ward times, and I wished for more focus on Collum, while understanding that his early-days position didn't warrant
- Review of The Bright Sword by Lev Grossman
Collum is an instinctually gifted, strong knight who has literally fought for sword training as a lowly ward times, and I wished for more focus on Collum, while understanding that his early-days position didn't warrant
- Review of Hemlock & Silver by T. Kingfisher
being poisoned, Anja must not only navigate the ins and outs of royal customs, adjust her practical wardrobe
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 11/17/25 Edition
being poisoned, Anja must not only navigate the ins and outs of royal customs, adjust her practical wardrobe
- Six Books Set in Australia that Are Fair Dinkum Fascinating
Oh, and there's a secret panel in the back of the wardrobe at Eli's house.
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/27/25 Edition
Grossman Collum is an instinctually gifted, strong knight who has literally fought for training as a ward
- Review of Heart the Lover by Lily King
present moment exists) has bearing on Jordan's youthful choices and their (for me, larger than feels warranted
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 9/29/25 Edition
We Can Know by Ian McEwan In Ian McEwan's newest novel, his characters live in 2119, a post-global-warming
- Review of The Briar Club by Kate Quinn
fiction novel from Quinn is a departure from much of my favorite Quinn fiction--brave women during wartime
- Review of A Sorceress Comes to Call by T. Kingfisher
She is made to be magically "obedient" to her mother, and as such she is incapable of warning others.
- Review of Fagin the Thief by Allison Epstein
personal and societal circumstances in mid-1800s London and imagining his efforts to teach thievery to his wards the place and time, exposes Victorian London's stark class contrasts, and presents the filthy rabbit warren
- Review of Murderland: Crime and Bloodlust in the Time of Serial Killers by Caroline Fraser
Many horrors play a role in warping these tortured souls, but what happens if we add a light dusting large-scale toxic waste dumped into bodies of water, long-term industry denials, and, eventually, dire warnings
- Review of The Raven Scholar (Eternal Path #1) by Antonia Hodgson
The ruthless young competitors are warriors and strategists who have been cultivating the skills and
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 9/8/25 Edition
The ruthless young competitors are warriors and strategists who have been cultivating the skills and
- August Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
Amity Gaige's Heartwood offers the story of Beverly, a dedicated Maine State Game Warden who has fought
- Review of The Knight and the Moth (Stonewater Kingdom #1) by Rachel Gillig
This character development hurt my heart in the best way and warmed it too. The class-warfare and discrimination against hungry sprites by the comfortable, wealthy, longstanding
- Review of Heartwood by Amity Gaige
Amity Gaige's Heartwood offers the story of Beverly, a dedicated Maine State Game Warden who has fought I loved the Appalachian Trail adventure and bonding, the in-charge warden who has worked hard and earned
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 8/11/25 Edition
Heartwood by Amity Gaige Amity Gaige's Heartwood offers the story of Beverly, a dedicated Maine State Game Warden
- April Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
her future again and became a hard-working comedian who opened for Tina Fey and Amy Poehler and then warranted Henry brings her signature warmth, great banter, and sultry romance to this story within a story.
- Review of This American Woman: A One-in-a-Billion Memoir by Zarna Garg
her future again and became a hard-working comedian who opened for Tina Fey and Amy Poehler and then warranted
- Review of Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry
But Margaret is still wary of the press and jaded by the spin that has shaped her public persona for Henry brings her signature warmth, great banter, and sultry romance to this story within a story.
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 4/14/25 Edition
can't talk about their work--but when opposites attract, Henry brings the characters together with warmth
- Six More of My Favorite Fantasy Reads of the Past Year
visions and future she may take as written in stone and which she can reimagine, and her noble, imperfect warrior's
- Six of My Favorite Contemporary Fiction Reads of the Year
I felt like the fascinating build-up in so many areas of the story warranted much more at the novel's
- Review of Death at the Sign of the Rook (Jackson Brodie #6) by Kate Atkinson
vicar, a former military man, bitter and suspicious heirs, a clueless and wealthy matriarch, a rabbit-warren
- Six Great Stories about Robots, Humans and Alien Life, and AI
to destroy him or trust him with her life--before things unravel irrevocably for her and her fellow warriors
- Six Magical Fairy Tales Grown-Ups Will Love
Katherine Arden is also the author of The Warm Hands of Ghosts . 02 The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey I'm
- Review of Hell for Hire (Tear Down Heaven #1) by Rachel Aaron
and the basic history of various conflicts and groups (gods, demigods, demons, free demons, witches, warlocks
- Review of Burn by Peter Heller
I felt like the fascinating build-up in so many areas of the story warranted much more at the novel's
- Six Romantic Novels Set in the World of TV and Movies
She decides that she's in--for a fantastic wardrobe, incredibly awkward moments, scripted romance, and
- Six Lighter Fiction Stories Perfect for Summer Reading
who follow somewhat logical steps in their lives, inner voices that feel real, human connections that warm She decides that she's in--for a fantastic wardrobe, incredibly awkward moments, scripted romance, and
- Six Rom-Coms Perfect for Summer Reading
ready to go by the pool, on the porch, at the beach, or anywhere you're soaking in a little bit of warm
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 6/10/24 Edition
The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading The Goddess of Warsaw, Lisa Barr's dual-timeline historical fiction set in 1943 Warsaw and 2005 Los Angeles; I'm listening to Wellness, Nathan Hill's darkly funny, poignant 01 The Goddess of Warsaw by Lisa Barr In Lisa Barr's newest historical fiction, The Goddess of Warsaw In 1943 Warsaw, socialite Bina Blonski is imprisoned in the ghetto with her husband and thousands of
- Six More Four-Star (and Up) Mysteries I Loved in the Past Year
Ava Glass's Alias Emma was a fast-paced cat-and-mouse chase across London and through an underground warren
- Review of Good Material by Dolly Alderton
Andy and Jen's, and Avi and Jane's bickering, hectic, haggard states seem to serve as a potential warning
- Shhh! Bossy Gift Ideas: Books about Media, Movies, and Music
examines the life of turbulent musical artist Lou Reed, his collaborations with David Bowie and Andy Warhol
- Review of The Woman in Me by Britney Spears
You might very well not come away loving JT the way you might have going into this one, fair warning.
- Review of North Woods by Daniel Mason
Puritanical community; to an English soldier who escapes battle to grow apples; to spinster twins coping with wartime
- Six More Powerful Books About Facing Mortality
Seventeen-year-old Lenni Pettersson lives in the terminal ward at the Glasgow Princess Royal Hospital
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/30/23 Edition
Puritanical community; to an English soldier who escapes battle to grow apples; to spinster twins coping with wartime
- Review of The Traitor (Alias Emma #2) by Ava Glass
Ava Glass's Alias Emma was a fast-paced cat-and-mouse chase across London and through an underground warren
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 9/18/23 Edition
Ava Glass's Alias Emma was a fast-paced cat-and-mouse chase across London and through an underground warren
- Six Chilly Books to Read in the Heat of Summer
Light is a little slow at first, and I would have liked to see more science-based details about global warming
- Six Fascinating Dystopian and Postapocalyptic Novels
in a time of darkness and desperation) books, and I think it's for the same reason I'm captivated by wartime
- Six Rom-Coms Perfect for Summer Reading
ready to go by the pool, on the porch, at the beach, or anywhere you're soaking in a little bit of warm
- Six Books Set in Australia that Are Fair Dinkum Fascinating
Oh, and there's a secret panel in the back of the wardrobe at Eli's house.
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 5/15/23 Edition
the Lake; I'm reading a book club pick about three young Muslim women and their friendship, Salma El-Wardany's of Libro.fm and Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group. 02 These Impossible Things by Salma El-Wardany
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 5/1/23 Edition
Callahan Henry Young Flora and her teen sister Hazel were evacuated in 1939 from the bombing and danger in wartime
- April Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
But others' visions for the story involve her eco-warrior main character morphing into a teen beauty
- Review of Happy Place by Emily Henry
on appearances rather than being tuned into her happiness, then late in the game they shifted to be warm












































