Four-Star Book Review 22/26

Oct 22, 2020

Six Great Historical Fiction Stories Set in the American West

I'm fascinated by the optimistic explorer spirit--and I love reading about strong female characters in challenging terrain and situations.

Oct 21, 2020

Review of A Conjuring of Light (Shades of Magic #3) by V.E. Schwab

Schwab's stories take place within her detailed fantasy worlds, but her characters' conflicts, hopes, and fears feel real and true.

Oct 20, 2020

Review of A Star Is Bored by Byron Lane

Lane's story is zany and wonderful, with lots of glimpses into behind-the-scenes celebrity details--and a layer of heart and poignancy.

Oct 16, 2020

Six Historical Fiction Books I Loved This Year

01 Apeirogon: A Novel This is beautiful, powerful, illuminating, and heart-wrenching. The first part felt a little slow, but I'm so very...

Oct 15, 2020

Review of Blood: A Memoir by Allison Moorer

Blood reads like an unflinchingly honest journal; Moorer sifts through memories, photos, joyful moments; she feels rage, sadness, and loss.

Oct 9, 2020

The Six Best Mysteries I Read Last Year

These were all so good and so different--they were my favorites from 2019, in the general order of when I read them.

Oct 6, 2020

Review of A Good Girl's Guide to Murder (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder #1) by Holly Jackson

I read this young adult mystery in a day, it was so good. Pippa and Ravi are great characters--I'll definitely read the others in the series

Oct 5, 2020

Review of Miss Graham's Cold War Cookbook by Celia Rees

Rees does an excellent job of taking us through Edith's amateur spy struggle and provides fascinating details of life in WWII Germany.

Oct 2, 2020

Six of the Best Nonfiction Books I've Read This Year

01 Say Nothing 02 Just Mercy 03 The Spy and the Traitor 04 Catch and Kill 05 White Fragility 06 Hidden Valley Road

Oct 1, 2020

Review of Boys & Sex by Peggy Orenstein

Young men share their experiences with intimacy, yearn to explore love, relationships, and evolved masculinity.

Sep 30, 2020

Review of The Silent Companions by Laura Purcell

This is a spooky, atmospheric, gothic Victorian ghost story perfect for the season.

Sep 25, 2020

Review of The Pull of the Stars by Emma Donoghue

Donoghue immersed me so fully in this world that everything else fell away for me. Set in Ireland in 1918, The Pull of the Stars follows...

Sep 21, 2020

Review of Hench by Natalie Zina Walschots

I loved this book. If you're in for a new character-driven, superhero-focused, smart, wicked, and action-packed book, this is it.

Sep 18, 2020

Six Illuminating Memoirs I've Read This Year

01 Leaving the Witness In Leaving the Witness: Exiting a Religion and Finding a Life, Amber Scorah takes the reader into her confidences...

Sep 17, 2020

Review of Simon the Fiddler by Paulette Jiles

I love Jiles's richly imagined historical fiction, and I'm in for her other books.

Sep 10, 2020

Review of Beach Read by Emily Henry

Beach Read is a gem for your light fiction-escapism-pandemic-era reading list.

Sep 9, 2020

Review of Goddess in the Machine by Lora Beth Johnson

Robots, time travel, teen angst, and this gorgeous cover. Yes to all of this. I didn't anticipate the great twists Johnson provides.

Sep 4, 2020

Review of Raising White Kids: Bringing Up Children in a Racially Unjust America by Jennifer Harvey

Harvey emphasizes the urgency of the need for change and offers age-appropriate examples to help build young advocates equipped to work...

Aug 30, 2020

Review of Ink & Sigil by Kevin Hearne

The playful and absurd are presented as everyday occurrences, and supernatural events are regularly intermingled with sassy detective work.

Aug 27, 2020

Review of Soulless by Gail Carriger

I loooved this witty, romantic, action-packed steampunk novel--the first in a series--from Gail Carriger.

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