Fiction Reviews

Mia P. Manansala’s debut novel, Arsenic and Adobo, is the first book in a new culinary cozy mystery series. Though I’ve never ...

I requested this story from NetGalley when I was in a very “I need an easy read” mood. Amy E. Reichert’s latest ...

Like so many hyped books before it, The Midnight Library excited me and gave me pause. I was immediately drawn to it ...

It’s well-documented over my years blogging here that short stories aren’t for me… usually. In fact, I can count on one hand ...

I’m shocked to report that I’ve already read 20 books this year! At this rate, I should probably up my 2021 reading ...

I can’t remember when I first heard of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab, but no sooner than I ...

Even though I read Oona Out of Order almost a month ago, I’ve thought about it almost every day since. I love ...

Happy February! I hope you’re staying warm! It’s freezing here (literally, below freezing for most of this week, according to the forecast). ...

Max Brooks’ Devolution: A Firsthand Account of the Rainier Sasquatch Massacre is a wild ride. It is told primarily through the journal ...

I had a really good reading month, one of my best in a long time! Most of my reads were shorter or ...

I first heard about Laura Taylor Namey’s young adult novel, A Cuban Girl’s Guide to Tea and Tomorrow on one of my ...

This year absolutely flew by, and honestly, bring on 2021. I can happily announce that I made my reading goal this year, ...

As I have said time and time again, I really love Fredrik Backman’s storytelling. In the case of Anxious People, his latest ...

My reading month started off with a bang and then pretty abruptly crashed to a halt the week of Halloween. In that ...

I first heard about Maggie O’Farrell’s Hamnet on my favorite book recommendation podcast, All the Books, when Liberty Hardy raved about it. ...

It’s finally (already?) October! I’m sure I’m not alone in the feeling that 2020 has somehow been both the longest and shortest ...

How often do you give books a second chance? Until Fredrik Backman’s Beartown, I would’ve said never. And, if I’m being honest, ...

I recently read and adored The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune. I haven’t been this excited to talk about ...

If you’re looking for a powerful coming-of-age story about a fiercely resilient girl, look no further than Tiffany McDaniel’s Betty. Based on ...

Rita Mae Brown’s novel Rubyfruit Jungle was quite revolutionary when it was first published in the 1970s. I had never heard of ...