May 4, 2022
Review of Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel
In this nested story that spans centuries, Mandel explores a pandemic, moon colonization, the universal connection of music, the...
Mar 11, 2022
Six Second-Chance, Do-Over, Reliving-Life Stories
The Second-Chance Books I've been reminded lately how much I love a good second-chance book in which the main character gets the...
Sep 21, 2021
Review of The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson
Johnson offers a wonderfully imperfect heroine and her fascinating journeys through the multiverse, her various lives, and her alternate...
Sep 8, 2021
Review of How to Stop Time by Matt Haig
ICYMI: In Matt Haig's How to Stop Time, main protagonist Tom Hazard lives for centuries but is not allowed to fall in love. When he...
Jul 22, 2021
Three Books I'm Reading Now, 7/22/21 Edition
The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Rule of Wolves, Leigh Bardugo's second and final book in the young adult King of Scars duology; I'm...
May 10, 2021
Three Books I'm Reading Now, 5/10/21 Edition
The Books I'm Reading Now I'm listening to The Water Dancer, Ta-Nehisi Coates's novel about slavery, with magical realism that offers a...
Mar 4, 2021
Review of The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
Each life Nora tries on changes her in some way, whether by erasing her regrets about a path not taken, showing her that she's capable of...
Mar 3, 2021
Three Books I'm Reading Now, 3/3/21 Edition
What I'm Reading Now Here's what I've got going at the moment: a dark, intriguing story of interconnectedness between unusual characters;...
Dec 23, 2020
Review of In a Holidaze by Christina Lauren
In a Holidaze is a romantic holiday time twist with sexy interludes and a reliably happy ending. Twentysomething Mae is spending the...
Dec 21, 2020
Review of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab
Addie grapples with what it means to only be able to whisper in the world rather than shout. What is the value of a life that must be...
Dec 2, 2020
Three Books I'm Reading Now, 12/2/20 Edition
01 The Fighting Bunch: The Battle of Athens by Chris DeRose The young men of McMinn County, Tennessee, are coming home after fighting in...
Oct 30, 2020
Six Historical Fiction Mysteries to Intrigue You
I love an intersection of historical fiction and mystery, two genres I love. Some of the books listed here also have supernatural elements.
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.
Jul 14, 2020
Six Riveting Time-Travel Escapes
Six Riveting Time-Travel Escapes
Jun 9, 2020
Review of The Last Magician by Lisa Maxwell
A smart master thief who bends time and finds her loyalties dividded in turn-of-the-century New York.
Jun 3, 2020
Review of Chosen Ones by Veronica Roth
Sloane is a perfectly imperfect heroine and things aren't entirely what they seem in Roth's first novel for adults.
Apr 3, 2020
Review of In Five Years by Rebecca Serle
This alternate-reality story is really about loyalty and devoted friendship, and it doesn't fall back on easy resolutions.
Oct 11, 2019
Review of The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow
Harrow explores the wondrous bravery and the sometimes dark and destructive forces surrounding collectors venturing through worlds.
Sep 23, 2019
Review of Here and Now and Then by Mike Chen
Kin Stewart will have to break all the rules of time travel to preserve the existence of his daughter without destroying the world.
Sep 10, 2019
Review of Recursion by Blake Crouch
Sutton and Smith must identify and confront dark forces that might be manipulating—and destroying—minds and the very framework of society.