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Jan 24

Review of The Vaster Wilds by Lauren Groff

Lauren Groff's beautiful and brutal novel The Vaster Wilds follows a young servant girl running from the Jamestown colony's disease and...

Jan 18

Review of To Shape a Dragon's Breath (Nampeshiweisit #1) by Moniquill Blackgoose

Blackgoose offers a fascinating, layered story about a strong-willed, whip-smart young Indigenous woman in a steampunk 1800s Nordic...

Jan 17

Review of Lone Women by Victor LaValle

LaValle mixes a Western setting with strong feminist messages, magical realism, haunting elements, and the terrifying, freeing truth in...

Jan 2

Review of Starter Villain by John Scalzi

First: this amazing cover. Second: Starter Villain is playful, darkly funny, big-hearted, and wonderfully weird. I loved it and I can't...

Dec 13, 2023

Review of So Late in the Day: Stories of Women and Men by Claire Keegan

Claire Keegan is one of my favorite writers; in these three stories, she builds layered situations--and then turns them on their heads,...

Nov 30, 2023

Review of The Future by Naomi Alderman

Alderman offers a dive into a future world that's crumbling due to greed, disregard for the environment, a loss of human connection, and...

Nov 15, 2023

The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi (Amina al-Sirafi #1) by Shannon Chakraborty

I loved every bit of the story of willful, sometimes grumpy pirate Amina al-Sirafi and her quest, her strategic swearing, her strength,...

Nov 14, 2023

Review of Happiness Falls by Angie Kim

Angie Kim's sophomore novel is a mystery, but Happiness Falls is primarily an exploration of a complicated, loving, messy family and each...

Nov 2, 2023

Review of Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh

Emily Tesh's debut novel is a space opera about war, duty, brainwashing, escaping limitations, and reinventing oneself--with fascinating...

Sep 21, 2023

Review of Chenneville: A Novel of Murder, Loss, and Vengeance by Paulette Jiles

Jiles's newest stark, beautiful, heartbreaking historical fiction tracks former Union soldier John Chenneville as he travels the country...

Sep 8, 2023

My Bossy Favorite Reads of the Summer

My Very Favorite Bossy Summer Reads! I had a great reading summer, so I had a tough time deciding on the six books I most loved reading...

Aug 23, 2023

Review of The Deep Sky by Yume Kitasei

I loved the futuristic space-mission capabilities, smart and strong all-woman crew, the mystery and suspicion, and most of all the...

Aug 22, 2023

Review of The Last Ranger by Peter Heller

Heller's newest suspenseful wilderness story is full of danger, wonder, and emotional ties; the unforgiving nature and beauty of the...

Aug 17, 2023

Review of A Conspiracy in Belgravia (Lady Sherlock #2) by Sherry Thomas

Book two of Thomas's Lady Sherlock series offers a robust dual mystery, clever female characters, priceless gems of insight from...

Aug 9, 2023

Review of A Treacherous Curse (Veronica Speedwell #3) by Deanna Raybourn

In the third book in the irresistible Veronica Speedwell series, we learn more about Stoker's past, secrets, heartbreak, and motivations;...

Aug 3, 2023

Review of The True Love Experiment by Christina Lauren

The True Love Experiment is a wonderful, romantic read about forbidden attraction and heartwarming vulnerability, with steamy scenes,...

Aug 2, 2023

Review of A Perilous Undertaking by Deanna Raybourn

This second book in Raybourn's historical fiction mystery series, set in Victorian London, hooked me even more fully into Veronica and...

Jul 11, 2023

Review of The Rachel Incident by Caroline O'Donoghue

Caroline O'Donoghue's coming-of-age story celebrates friendship, young love, and life-changing decisions and missteps that shape the...

Jul 4, 2023

Review of Will They or Won't They by Ava Wilder

Ava Wilder's rom-com takes us behind the scenes of a hit teen TV show whose lead characters once liked each other in real life but now...

Jun 14, 2023

Review of Charm City Rocks: A Love Story by Matthew Norman

Charm City Rocks is sweet, interesting, and layered. I loved this story about relationships, complications, famous/everyday person...

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