

Jun 18, 2024
Review of The Nature of Disappearing by Kimi Cunningham Grant
Grant's thriller is set in the wilds of Idaho, with a wilderness expert of a main character who has fought to trust others and be...


Jun 4, 2024
Review of Grief Is for People by Sloane Crosley
Crosley's memoir traces a treasured friendship and the gutting loss of that dear friend. She's vulnerable enough to allow the reader in...


Jun 1, 2023
Review of The Celebrants by Steven Rowley
Rowley brings humor to this heartwarming--but never cloying--exploration of friendship, connection, messy relationships, heartbreak, and...


Apr 19, 2023
Review of Happy Place by Emily Henry
Six longtime friends gather for one last Maine vacation--but each of them has been keeping secrets that impact their relationships. The...


Feb 22, 2023
Review of We All Want Impossible Things by Catherine Newman
Newman offers a heartbreaking and heartwarming tribute to friendship that centers around witty dialogue, unconventional arrangements,...


Jan 11, 2023
Review of Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn
This fun, darkly funny, feminist story about a retiring female team of elite assassins was the right book at the right time for me:...


Dec 8, 2022
Review of The Box in the Woods (Truly Devious #4) by Maureen Johnson
The fourth mystery in Johnson's Truly Devious series delivers more smart, creative sleuthing from Stevie Bell and the gang, great...


Oct 12, 2022
Review of In the Serpent's Wake (Tess of the Road #2) by Rachel Hartman
I wished for more of a focus on the character of Tess and her personal story--and less on political strategies, power plays, and the many...


Sep 28, 2022
Review of Stay True: A Memoir by Hua Hsu
Hsu's memoir remembers his friend Ken, who was tragically killed during college. He reflects on friendship and on their connection,...


Jul 26, 2022
Review of Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
A book about childhood friends making a video game is an unexpected, captivating setup for this wonderfully deep, epic dive into...


Jun 15, 2022
Review of The Change by Kristen Miller
The Change explores the power of menopausal women and the poignant strength of friendship; supplies satisfying revenge fantasies and...


May 12, 2022
Review of We Are Not Like Them by Christine Pride and Jo Piazza
In We Are Not Like Them, Pride and Piazza dig into a friendship of opposites, conflicts around race, and a police shooting, creating a...


Apr 20, 2022
Review of The Rose Code by Kate Quinn
Kate Quinn makes the urgency of World War II code breaking come alive through the stories of three young women and their interconnected...


Mar 16, 2022
Review of Finlay Donovan Knocks 'Em Dead by Elle Cosimano
Finlay dips her toe into a criminal underworld in the second in Cosimano's campy mystery series. She juggles motherhood, her ex, her...


Aug 10, 2021
Review of People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry
Henry strikes the perfect tone for this wonderfully sweet, funny, friendship-based, romantic story that has lovely depth. People We Meet...


Jun 22, 2021
Review of One of Us Is Next by Karen M. McManus
This is a great, character-driven sequel to McManus’s young adult mystery One of Us Is Lying. Last year, in McManus's great young adult...


Jun 7, 2021
Review of The Soulmate Equation by Christina Lauren
The story is heartwarming, funny, with strong friendships, plus it's steamy and romantic at times without being dramatic. I loved this...


Jun 3, 2021
Review of A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor (The Carls #2) by Hank Green
This ending to Green's duology has tremendous heart without ever flirting with sappiness, deep meaning without being pedantic, and it...


Jun 2, 2021
Review of An Absolutely Remarkable Thing (The Carls #1) by Hank Green
ICYMI: This is a gloriously oddball book with lots of heart featuring unorthodox friendships, the frightening power of social media, the...


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...