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Review of Blood Over Bright Haven by M. L. Wang

I loved the dark academia setting, Sciona's bid to become the first female in the High Magistry, and her rethinking of long-held...

Nov 6

Review of His Majesty's Dragon: Temeraire #1 by Naomi Novik

ICYMI: This series by Naomi Novik introduces vain, strong-willed, talking dragons, their complex, wonderfully faulted handlers, and...

Oct 31

Review of Buried Deep and Other Stories by Naomi Novik

Novik never seems to make a misstep, and the thirteen stories here revisit favorite fictional worlds, delve into never-before-revealed...

Oct 16

Review of Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll

Knoll's novel was inspired by real events; Bright Young Women traces a serial killer targeting young women and in the character of...

Oct 15

Review of Here One Moment by Liane Moriarty

I loved this dive into the repercussions of a seemingly psychic woman's predictions of demise for her fellow passengers on a flight....

Oct 10

Review of The Alice Network by Kate Quinn

ICYMI: My favorite Kate Quinn books center around strong young women proving their mettle during wartime crises, and The Alice Network ...

Oct 4

Six Four-Star (and Up) Science Fiction Reads I've Loved

Six Four-Star (and Up) Bossy Science Fiction Reads I realize I just said this last week regarding mysteries, but really, doesn't the cold...

Oct 3

Review of Save Me the Plums: My Gourmet Memoir by Ruth Reichl

ICYMI: Food critic and writer Ruth Reichl recounts her time at Gourmet magazine--the childhood reading of which had inspired her...

Oct 2

Review of A Fate Inked in Blood (Saga of the Unfated #1) by Danielle L. Jensen

The first in Jensen's fantasy series ticked many of my boxes--strong female main character, a tension-filled Chosen One premise, a fight...

Sep 24

Review of What the Mountains Remember by Joy Callaway

The historical fiction story about the building of the Grove Park Inn in Asheville, North Carolina, had a romantic element that was...

Aug 29

Review of The Paradise Problem by Christina Lauren

The Paradise Problem is the perfect light fiction read to close out the summer, with a high-stakes fake marriage, comeuppances for the...

Aug 28

Review of Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout

Elizabeth Strout examines the range of characters from her many books and their intersecting stories, their imperfections, and their...

Aug 22

Review of The Tainted Cup (Shadow of the Leviathan #1) by Robert Jackson Bennett

A leviathan lurks in the ocean, threatening destruction on a grand scale, while an unorthodox, brilliant investigator and her stalwart...

Aug 21

Review of A Tempest of Tea (Blood and Tea #1) by Hafsah Faizal

The first installment in Faizal's Blood and Tea series offers intriguing secrets, a swirling mystery, terrible betrayal, heartwarming...

Aug 20

Review of The Blighted Stars (Devoured Worlds #1) by Megan E. O'Keefe

Megan E. O'Keefe's first space opera in the Devoured Worlds series presents failing worlds filled with conflict, shifting loyalties,...

Aug 13

Review of The Final Act of Juliette Willoughby by Ellery Lloyd

The Final Act of Juliette Willoughby is a historical fiction art-focused mystery told in two timelines. I found the story immensely...

Jun 27

Review of The Piano Tuner by Daniel Mason

ICYMI: Daniel Mason's atmospheric, mysterious, languorous story is of a shy piano tuner's trip to Burma to get the piano of an eccentric...

Jun 25

Review of The Rom-Commers by Katherine Center

Katherine Center offers a writing-focused story in which forced proximity, past secrets, complicated life circumstances, and a fear of...

Jun 20

Review of A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles

ICYMI: Towles's closed-door tale of a Russian aristocrat under house arrest in a grand Moscow hotel manages to be at times playful,...

Jun 19

Review of Rules of Civility by Amor Towles

ICYMI: The post-Depression-era city of New York is such a powerful presence in this story, it feels like a main character. I was taken by...

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