Three Books I'm Reading Now, 9/24/21 Edition
The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Anthony Doerr's upcoming literary fiction tale of interconnected characters that spans centuries,...
Sep 24, 2021
Review of Tokyo Ever After by Emiko Jean
Emiko Jean's young adult light fiction is delightful, youthful, sometimes wonderfully silly, and heartwarming. The irresistible premise...
Sep 14, 2021
Review of Good Girl, Bad Blood (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder #2) by Holly Jackson
In Holly Jackson's young adult mystery sequel, we revisit the brave, faulted, irresistible character of Pippa Fitz-Amobi, who is drawn...
Sep 7, 2021
Three Books I'm Reading Now, 9/3/21 Edition
The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Emiko Jean's Tokyo Ever After, in which Japanese-American teen Izumi Tanaka discovers that her...
Sep 3, 2021
August Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
My very favorite books from August! These are the books I most loved reading during the past month. The list skews toward light fiction,...
Aug 31, 2021
Review of The Manningtree Witches by A.K. Blakemore
Blakemore's book--which is based upon witch hunts during the seventeenth-century English Civil War--is smart, shadowy and gothic, often...
Aug 24, 2021
Review of Shoulder Season by Christina Clancy
The Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, atmosphere of Shoulder Season was a standout element, but the characters' interactions and some of the...
Aug 20, 2021
Review of Instructions for Dancing by Nicola Yoon
This light fiction young adult novel offers (reluctant) romance, best friendships, dance lessons, glimpses into the future, a reimagined...
Aug 19, 2021
Three Books I'm Reading Now, 8/18/21 Edition
The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Shoulder Season, Christina Clancy's novel set in 1981 Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, at a Playboy resort;...
Aug 18, 2021
Six More Illuminating Memoirs to Lose Yourself In
More Memoirs I've Loved I love a good memoir, one that offers a glimpse or a deep dive into the life and pivotal experiences of another...
Aug 13, 2021
Review of The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd
The Invention of Wings is historical fiction that tracks the characters of (the real-life) Sarah Grimke and her enslaved maid Handful...
Aug 12, 2021
Three Books I'm Reading Now, 8/11/21 Edition
The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Paper & Blood, Kevin Hearne's second and final book in his quirky Ink & Sigil fantasy duology; The...
Aug 11, 2021
Review of Dark Roads by Chevy Stevens
Stevens offers a bad guy who's easy to despise in this mystery with great passages about surviving in the wild. Characters' careless...
Aug 9, 2021
Review of Now You Say Yes by Bill Harley
Now You Say Yes is beautiful. Harley's middle-grade story about love, duty, self-discovery, disappointment, and pushing through the...
Aug 6, 2021
Review of The People We Keep by Allison Larkin
Teenaged April has been dealt a difficult hand in life, and watching her struggle to make her way and connect with others in Allison...
Aug 2, 2021
July Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
My very favorite books from July! Here are the books I most loved reading during the past month. I'd love to hear: what are some of your...
Jul 30, 2021
Three Books I'm Reading Now, 7/28/21 Edition
The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading The People We Keep, Allison Larkin's upcoming novel about a young protagonist shaping her life...
Jul 28, 2021
Review of The Nature of Witches by Rachel Griffin
Small moments in this young adult book ring true, and the story feels primarily about relationships, set against a witchy background. In...
Jul 13, 2021
Review of This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger
Krueger's writing is lovely, and while the adult characters sometimes feel like caricatures of evil villains, his young characters and...
Jul 8, 2021
Three Books I'm Reading Now, 7/2/21 Edition
The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading an upcoming suspenseful thriller from Blacktop Wasteland author S.A. Cosby; a light fiction story...
Jul 2, 2021