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Mar 10, 2021

Three Books I'm Reading Now, 3/10/21 Edition

What I'm Reading Now The books I've got on my nightstand and on my Kindle at the moment: a turn-of-the century story about outlaws,...

Mar 8, 2021

Review of Two White Queens and the One-Eyed Jack by Heidi von Palleske

The book introduces some fascinating detail and interesting themes, but the story frequently feels choppy and unfinished. In von...

Mar 5, 2021

Six Illuminating Memoirs to Dive Into

Do you love memoirs like I do? I love digging into the story of someone's life--notable because of chance, circumstance, or choice--and...

Feb 25, 2021

Review of I Was Told It Would Get Easier by Abbi Waxman

Waxman offers a nice dose of feminism, realistically fraught mother-daughter interactions, and laugh-out-loud funny moments. Jessica is a...

Feb 22, 2021

Review of Boy Swallows Universe by Trent Dalton

The emotions and drives of the story feel real, but the tone is darkly playful. I loved spending time with main protagonist Eli as he...

Feb 15, 2021

Review of The Loneliest Girl in the Universe by Lauren James

I loved this. Romy's soaring hopes, her vulnerability and then her growing doubts, her self-reliance and quick thinking, and the shifts...

Feb 8, 2021

Review of The Unwilling by John Hart

Hart reliably offers character-driven mysteries with heartbreaking interpersonal complications. The twists and turns here are excellent,...

Jan 15, 2021

Six Book Club Books I Loved Last Year

01 Olive, Again by Elizabeth Strout Oh, Olive! In Olive, Again, she ambles through town and reflects on aging, on her life, and...

Jan 13, 2021

Review of City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert

Young Vivian's carousing in 1940s New York City is entertaining, sexy, and an interesting burst of feminism and freedom in the era. In...

Jan 11, 2021

Review of Today Tonight Tomorrow by Rachel Lynn Solomon

Solomon offers a sweet, romantic young adult story with emotions that feel authentic; the book showcases competition, honesty, youthful...

Jan 7, 2021

Review of When We Were the Kennedys: A Memoir from Mexico, Maine by Monica Wood

A book I loved, in case you missed it: Wood's memoir is captivating and lovely, poignant, sweet without being overly sentimental, and...

Jan 6, 2021

Three Books I'm Reading Now, 1/6/21 Edition

01 With or Without You by Caroline Leavitt In Leavitt's novel, published by Algonquin Books late last summer, Simon and Stella have been...

Jan 5, 2021

Review of Here For It: Or, How to Save Your Soul in America by R. Eric Thomas

Here For It is refreshing and playful yet thoughtful. I loved spending time with the uproariously funny Thomas. In Here for It: Or, How...

Dec 24, 2020

Review of One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus

I suspected each of the main players at one point or another and couldn't wait for the big reveal for this young adult mystery, the first...

Dec 16, 2020

Review of The Year of the Witching by Alexis Henderson

There's brutality and bravery in this spooky tale--and the atmospheric descriptions of the remote, tiny town setting created an eerie,...

Dec 14, 2020

Three Books I'm Reading Now, 12/14/20 Edition

01 Notes on a Silencing: A Memoir by Lacy Crawford Crawford thought the trauma of her assault at St. Paul's boarding school decades...

Nov 30, 2020

Review of Scrappy Little Nobody by Anna Kendrick

I would have liked more introspection, but I loved spending time in Kendrick's funny, honest, often wonderfully wacky point of view. In...

Nov 6, 2020

Six More Great Fiction Titles I Loved This Year

01 Where the Forest Meets the Stars Joanna is feeling adrift after her mother's death, and she disappears into the constant attention her...

Nov 4, 2020

Review of How Much of These Hills Is Gold by C. Pam Zhang

Zhang's detail was wonderful, and her characters make noble sacrifices and face impossible choices. The book's frequent heartbreak was a...

Nov 3, 2020

Three Books I'm Reading Now, 11/3/20 Edition

01 To Sleep in a Sea of Stars I'd like to mention up front that To Sleep in a Sea of Stars is 878 pages, so if you never hear from me...

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