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  • April Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month

    Ghosts by Katherine Arden Katherine Arden, author of the captivating Winternight trilogy, here shares a mysterious Freddie is reported as having died, but strange and unnerving clues indicate to Laura that something more mysterious

  • March Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month

    through two timelines; the final book in a darkly playful young adult fantasy series; a quirky, campy mystery There are mysterious forces and machinations, many of which remain unclear to the reader until late in a black student from Washington, DC, finds herself involved in unraveling a complicated historical mystery After a series of almost slapstick misunderstandings, Finlay is left a mysterious note implying that Cosimano's mystery has a wonderfully quirky setup and campy tone.

  • My Six Favorite Book Club Books of 2022

    Prose offers a surprising amount of heart and a unique main protagonist in this lighthearted murder mystery check out Doctors and Friends. 05 Our Woman in Moscow by Beatriz Williams Williams's historical fiction mystery The mystery skips back and forth in time, and four years later, Iris's twin sister Ruth finally receives

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 12/4/23 Edition

    Beresford pieces together the story of Hannah's life from her first-person account--and tries to solve a mystery

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 4/10/23 Edition

    In Dawes, he meets eccentric, wealthy art lovers John and Eve Long--mysterious, possibly shady, and certainly

  • Review of Come As You Are by Emily Nagoski

    is accessible and her examples come from years of experience with clients and their varied dilemmas, mysteries

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 7/2/21 Edition

    I loved last year's gritty, character-driven mystery-thriller Blacktop Wasteland so much that it made In Razorblade Tears, two men are coping with the tragic, violent, mysterious deaths of their married

  • Six of My Favorite Lighter Fiction Reads from the Past Year

    Favorite Fiction Reads from Last Year Six More of My Favorite Fiction Reads from Last Year Six Four-Star Mystery Reads I Loved Last Year Six More Four-Star Mysteries I Loved Last Year Six Four-Star Historical Fiction But August's adorably quirky roommates and a mystery woman she keeps running into on the Q train might

  • Review of Yellowface by R. F. Kuang

    When June witnesses Athena's death and then mysteriously comes up with a story about Chinese laborers

  • June Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month

    see Rednecks . 02 Bride by Ali Hazelwood Ali Hazelwood brings her wonderful banter and an intriguing mystery Misery Lark is the only daughter of the most powerful Vampyre in the region, and she'd prefer to literally As a child, Misery was given up by her family and community as collateral to keep the peace. But Misery has her own reasons for willingly entering into this marriage--her best friend's safety may can't let go of the fear that he might have targeted her specifically, and feels as though solving the mystery

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 4/20/21 Edition

    and turns, set in Victorian England; and I'm reading Jane Harper's newest character-driven Australian mystery Her mysteries are set in Australia, and she makes me care about her characters while keeping me guessing

  • March Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month

    Our Woman in Moscow, Beatriz Williams's historical fiction mystery, based on real-life double agents broken up by and bound together by tragedy; Quantum Girl Theory, Erin Kate Ryan's historical fiction-mystery-speculative Williams's historical fiction mystery--based on real-life double agents in the Cambridge Spy Ring--is Revival of Opal & Nev. 06 Quantum Girl Theory by Erin Kate Ryan In Erin Kate Ryan's historical fiction mystery

  • Review of Nocturne by Alyssa Wees

    The understated dark undercurrents felt powerful and mysterious.

  • Review of Half Wild: Stories by Robin MacArthur

    MacArthur is also the author of the mystery Heart Spring Mountain.

  • January Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month

    month my favorite reads consisted of multiple fantasy reads, aka escapes from reality--one magical mystery 01 Voyage of the Damned by Frances White Frances White's debut is a locked-room mystery on a magical

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 12/26/22 Edition

    When Jaryk learns that his father has been killed under mysterious circumstances in India, he travels

  • Review of The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston

    In town, she'll always be known as The Girl Who Solved a Murder Mystery by Talking to Ghosts, with all

  • Another Six Wonderfully Witchy Stories to Charm You

    VenCo by Cherie Dimaline VenCo offers feminist, hard-drinking, foul-mouthed witches bound together by mysterious James is offered a mysterious job at a publishing company...but she and her grandmother are folded into

  • May Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month

    Then their run abruptly ended, and for the public, the reasons for their breakup were a mystery. Definitely Better Now . 06 I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman Harpman's slim novel poses a mysterious

  • Six Four-Star Historical Fiction Reads I Loved Last Year

    for my full review of The Last Green Valley. 03 Shrines of Gaiety by Kate Atkinson Atkinson's newest mystery in vivid Roaring Twenties London as Nellie Coker struggles to hold on to her empire of clubs while mysterious by the intersection of Gwendolyn and Ma Coker's golden child, her eldest son Niven--along with the mystery

  • Review of the Cormoran Strike series books 1-4 by Robert Galbraith

    These are generally deep dives into mysterious, often creepy situations. Strike and Robin was hinted at but not consummated. 03 Career of Evil by Robert Galbraith In the third mystery

  • January Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month

    Similarly, when he stumbles onto a truth about his own mysterious heritage--a mystery he felt he had heart-pounding pacing, captivating character development, and dark turns in this third book in her young adult mystery

  • Review of The Love of My Life by Rosie Walsh

    For more mysteries and thrillers I've reviewed that you might like, click here.

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 11/14/22 Edition

    Frankie and Zeke come up with an enigmatic phrase and attention-getting artwork, and they spread the mysterious

  • Six Fascinating Books Set in Maine

    1960s; historical fiction about a midwife that's based on a real historical figure; the first in a mystery The mystery of what happened to the man is a subplot that winds through the story.

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 11/11/24 Edition

    dark academia novel, Blood Over Bright Haven ; and I'm reading Frances White's fantasy story about mysterious

  • October Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month

    01 The God of the Woods by Liz Moore I loved this summer-camp setting, the slow build of mystery in two I was intrigued by the mysteries and their layers, which are continually revealed, and while I usually

  • Review of The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson

    and she lives in uncertain status, without citizenship or security aside from her employment for the mysterious But when one of Cara's eight remaining selves mysteriously dies while she is world walking, shocking

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 5/18/21 Edition

    a beautiful modern classic from a bestselling author who writes about faith and life; and a recent mystery is Alexandra Andrews's first book, and so far the mystery's twists and turns are fantastic.

  • Review of Don't Look for Me by Wendy Walker

    My book club likes to tackle a mystery read as one of our summer books, and this was our most recent

  • Three Wackily Different Books I'm Reading Right Now, 9/12/20 Edition

    on the tone of this one yet; Connor is a little snarky, but I believe the plot is going to include mystery #LGBTQ, #youngadult, #mysterysuspense 02 A Very Punchable Face ​ Has Colin Jost lived long enough to Concurrently reading a young adult LGBTQ mystery, a comedian's memoir, and a historical fiction story

  • April Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month

    of essays about joy and wonder; The Survivors, Jane Harper's newest Australia-set, character-driven mystery Her mysteries are set in Australia, and she makes me care about her characters while keeping me guessing When a fresh tragedy occurs, it brings the pain and terrible mystery of years past swirling back to wreak The connection between Marianne and Connell is the beautiful, haunting, swirling source of misery, heartache incredible genetic cloning advancements--but people have noticed that her husband has recently been mysteriously

  • Review of The Librarian Spy by Madeline Martin

    Ava's inexperience is essential to her storyline, and her limited perspective creates a mystery regarding

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 1/23/23 Edition

    Billy's witnessing of the mysterious crash aftermath seems bound to bring him trouble.

  • Review of Tokyo Dreaming (Tokyo Ever After #2) by Emiko Jean

    But she quickly realized that being a princess involved responsibility, political maneuvering, and mysterious

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 1/15/24 Edition

    In LaValle's magical, dark Western, people tend to disappear whenever Adelaide decides to open her mysterious

  • Six More of My Favorite Historical Fiction Reads of the Year

    Their cultures are sometimes mysteries to each other, and at times conflict greatly with others' traditions Henry Thornton is a wealthy railroad magnate and owner of the mysterious Phoenix Crown, an artifact legendary

  • Review of Fugitive Telemetry (Murderbot #6) by Martha Wells

    In Fugitive Telemetry, Murderbot attempts to solve the mystery of a murder--while generally annoyed and

  • My Very Favorite Bossy 2023 Reads

    Summer is ending, and there's a mysterious, unspoken, dark undercurrent at the Kinsellas'. Gillian McAllister's twisty mystery Wrong Place Wrong Time plays with time, and I love books that play review of Wrong Place, Wrong Time. 08 Happiness Falls by Angie Kim Angie Kim's sophomore novel is a mystery Kim's missing-person novel is a mystery and is structured around the discovery and exploration of what

  • Review of The Rose Code by Kate Quinn

    making a difference, but I admit that I was curious about how even a historical fiction storytelling master Brave Female Spies, Six Great Stories about Brave Women During World War II, and Six Historical Fiction Mysteries

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 2/9/21 Edition

    a black student from Washington, DC, finds herself involved in unraveling a complicated historical mystery potentially heartbreaking and heartwarming book about unlikely friendship and a young man's bravery; a mystery

  • Review of A Play for the End of the World by Jai Chakrabarti

    When Jaryk learns that his like-a-brother friend Misha from his childhood orphanage has died under mysterious

  • Review of Pretty Things by Janelle Brown

    spoiled socialite—and one of the cons aims to right some wrongs in two of the characters' shared (but mysterious #mysterysuspense, #fourstarbookreview

  • Six of My Favorite Memoir Reads Last Year

    I recently posted about Six of My Favorite Fiction Reads Last Year, Six Four-Star Mystery Reads I Loved Last Year, Six More Four-Star Mysteries I Loved Last Year, Six Four-Star Historical Fiction Reads I After long months of mystery and suffering, she received a diagnosis: acute myeloid leukemia and a rare

  • April Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month

    making a difference, but I admit that I was curious about how even a historical fiction storytelling master Eason In Eason's science fiction mystery, an unlikely pair who get on each other's nerves work together Eason's science fiction mystery Nightwatch on the Hinterlands, a templar, Iari, and a spy, Gaer, have And I was wholly charmed by the rievs (former battle robots) who mysteriously show sentience and surprising

  • Review of The Dry (Aaron Falk #1) by Jane Harper

    of Nature (Aaron Falk #2) and The Lost Man, which I mentioned in my Greedy Reading List The Six Best Mysteries

  • Review of The Last Ballad by Wiley Cash

    Ballad with my book club, and this week I reviewed When Ghosts Come Home, Wiley Cash's character-driven mystery

  • Review of The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune

    Management sends lonely, steady, pushed-around Linus, a case worker for magical children in orphanages, to a mysterious Linus is expected to report back with details about what Arthur Parnassus, the mysterious master on site Plus there is something mysterious about both the caretakers of the children and island, like maybe something

  • Review of One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston

    But August's adorably quirky roommates and a mystery woman she keeps running into on the Q train might

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 11/10/20 Edition

    For my full review, see One to Watch.) 03 Murder in Old Bombay: A Mystery by Nev March It's 1892 in British-controlled He becomes obsessed with an unsolved mystery he keeps reading about in the newspaper: two young ladies Nev March won the Mystery Writers of America First Crime Novel Award for her debut title.

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