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Laurie's Pick: "Remarkably Bright Creatures" by Shelby Van Pelt
Seventy-year-old Tova Sullivan works the night shift at Sowell Bay Aquarium. Tova is a widow who lives alone after a tragic accident...
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- 5 days ago
Maria's Pick: "Lady Tan's Circle of Women" by Lisa See
I loved Snow Flower and the Secret Fan so I was excited to get my hands on Lisa Tan’s latest novel set in 15th century China. The story...
- May 26
Mariah's Pick: "Fourth Wing" by Rebecca Yarros
Wow, this book has broken the internet for very good reason! Fourth Wing is an epic fantasy with some of my favorite tropes: dragon...
- May 19
Val's Pick: "Homegoing" by Yaa Gyasi
Starting in the 1700’s, Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi tells the fictional story of two half-sisters from Ghana. One sister, Effia, marries an...
- May 12
Mariah's Pick: "The True Love Experiment" by Christina Lauren
Fizzy is a fun, outgoing romance author who never planned to settle down and loves living wild and free. When a bad breakup leaves her...
- May 5
Maria's Pick: "The Measure" by Nikki Erlick
What would happen if, suddenly, every adult on earth received information about exactly how long they would live? That is the premise of...
- Apr 29
Val's Pick: "All That Is Mine I Carry With Me" by William Landay
It’s hard to define what exactly All That Is Mine I Carry With Me by William Landay is - a legal thriller? A mystery? A family drama?...
- Apr 18
Mariah's Pick: "Happy Place" by Emily Henry
I laughed, I cried, and I contemplated my entire life. Emily Henry knows exactly how to tear out my heart and put it back together again....
- Apr 16
Maria's Pick: "Hang the Moon" by Jeannette Walls
Many readers remember Jeanette Walls from her popular memoir, The Glass Castle. Her newest book, a work of historical fiction, is set...
- Apr 8
Val's Pick: "Demon Copperhead" by Barbara Kingsolver
I have read and enjoyed many of Barbara Kingsolver’s books but her latest, Demon Copperhead, is my favorite. Loosely based on the...
- Mar 31
Mariah's Pick: "The Foxglove King" by Hannah Whitten
Lore has always looked out for herself, working as a poison runner with an ability for necromancy she has to fight to keep secret. When a...
- Mar 23
Maria's Picks: "How to Love the World" and "The Path to Kindness" edited by James Crews
These two small poetry anthologies, thoughtfully edited by James Crews, are the perfect antidote for a stressful day in a conflicted...
- Mar 16
Laurie's Pick: "The House in the Pines" by Ana Reyes
The House in the Pines by Ana Reyes features twenty-five year old Maya who is trying to kick a secret drug problem. Maya was prescribed...
- Mar 10
Val's Pick: "How to Sell a Haunted House" by Grady Hendrix
I don’t read many books in the horror genre but there are two authors that I will always read - Stephen King and Grady Hendrix. While...
- Mar 4
Mariah's Pick: "Queen of Myth and Monsters" by Scarlett St. Clair
Queen of Myth and Monsters by Scarlett St. Clair is the thrilling sequel to King of Battle and Blood. This fantasy is full of drama,...
- Feb 23
Cheryl's Pick: "A Thousand Miles to Graceland" by Kristen Mei Chase
Grace Johnson doesn’t know what to do next. Her husband has announced that he’s finished with their marriage. What?! Grace doesn’t live...
- Feb 17
Mariah's Pick: "Secretly Yours" by Tessa Bailey
Bubbly gardener, Hallie Welch, fell hard for Julian Vos after their almost-kiss years ago. After being hired to landscape the gardens of...
- Feb 10
Cheryl's Pick: "Cradles of the Reich" by Jennifer Coburn
Cradles of the Reich by Jennifer Coburn is based on historical events. In several countries during World War II there were places called...
- Feb 3
Laurie's Pick: "Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow" by Gabrielle Zevin
Sadie and Sam meet as children in the hospital and connect through their love of video games. Sam, whose foot has been crushed in a car...
- Jan 26
Mariah's Pick: "Loathe to Love You" by Ali Hazelwood
Three adorable romances wrapped into one perfect package! Centered around a group of STEM-inist friends, we see all three women overcome...
- Jan 20
Maria's Pick: "Foster" by Claire Keegan
After reading Claire Keegan’s previous novella, Small Things Like These, one of my favorite books last year, I jumped at the chance to...
- Jan 13
Mariah's Pick: "Things We Never Got Over" by Lucy Score
Naomi had her five-year-plan set in motion until her life imploded and she ended up in small town Knockemout, Virginia, jobless and...
- Jan 8
Val's Pick: "Signal Fires" by Dani Shapiro
I adored Dani Shaprio’s 2019 memoir Inheritance: A Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity, and Love so when I found out she wrote a novel in...
- Dec 30, 2022
Val's Pick: "Carrie Soto is Back" by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Taylor Jenkins Reid is quickly becoming one of my “go to” authors. From The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo to Daisy Jones & the Six, her...
- Dec 22, 2022
Maria's Pick: "We Are The Light" by Matthew Quick
Lucas Goodgame is the survivor of a mass shooting in which his wife, Darcy, was killed. Considered a hero in his small town of Majestic,...
- Dec 17, 2022
Debbie's Pick: "The Twist of a Knife" by Anthony Horowitz
The Twist of a Knife is Anthony Horowitz’s fourth whodunit featuring Detective Hawthorne and Horowitz’s fictional self and is the latest...
- Dec 10, 2022
Val's Pick: "We All Want Impossible Things" by Catherine Newman
We All Want Impossible Things by Catherine Newman is a book about death, life, love, and friendship. Edie and Ash have been best friends...
- Dec 3, 2022
Mariah's Pick: "Kingdom of the Feared" by Kerri Maniscalco
(NOTE: This review has some mild spoilers for Kingdom of the Wicked and Kingdom of the Cursed. While the first book of the trilogy is...
- Nov 25, 2022
Debbie's Pick: "Musical Tables" by Billy Collins
Poetry distills ideas down to their essence. Billy Collins, former Poet Laureate of the United States and author of twelve books of...
- Nov 18, 2022
Maria's Pick: "Fellowship Point" by Alice Elliott Dark
Agnes Lee, now in her 80’s, is an author of children’s books and writes an adult fiction series under a pen name. She and her lifelong...
- Nov 13, 2022
Cheryl's Pick: "All Good People Here" by Ashley Flowers
After leaving Wakarusa, Indiana twenty years earlier, Margot reluctantly returns to her hometown to take care of her Uncle Luke who is in...
- Nov 5, 2022
Sami's Pick: "The Three Billy Goats Gruff" by Mac Barnett and illustrated by Jon Klassen
In this retelling of the classic Billy Goats Gruff, readers will encounter a delightful, and at times, a bit dark, story of a troll and...
- Oct 28, 2022
Maria's Pick: "Our Missing Hearts" by Celeste Ng
Celeste Ng’s newest novel, Our Missing Hearts is set in a dystopian future where the US government, in an attempt to recover from a...
- Oct 22, 2022
Debbie's Pick: "The Bullet That Missed" by Richard Osman
The Thursday Murder Club has found a new case to investigate: the murder of Bethany Waites. Her car was pushed over Sherlock Falls, but...
- Oct 16, 2022
Maria's Pick: "Hester" by Laurie Lico Albanese
Set in the early 1800’s, Hester by Laurie Lico Albanese is a reimagining of the back story to The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne....
- Oct 8, 2022
Val's Pick: "Killers of a Certain Age" by Deanna Raybourn
Imagine you are enjoying a relaxing vacation on board a luxurious cruise ship. You look across the pool and notice four sixty-year-old...
- Oct 3, 2022
Dawn & Benji's Pick: "Small Town, Big Magic" by Hazel Beck
In anticipation of authors Megan Crane and Nicole Helm’s visit this week, I read their new book, the first in their Witchlore series,...
- Sep 24, 2022
Maria's Pick: "Lucy by the Sea" by Elizabeth Strout
Lucy by the Sea is the latest offering from one of my favorite authors, Elizabeth Strout. It is the fourth novel in her Amgash series,...
- Sep 18, 2022
Cheryl's Pick: "Nothing More to Tell" by Karen M. McManus
Nothing More to Tell by Karen M. McManus is a young adult novel about buried secrets that refuse to stay buried. Four years ago Brynn...
- Sep 10, 2022
Laurie's Pick: "Cabin Fever" by Michael Smith and Jonathan Franklin
When Holland America’s cruise ship Zaandam set sail from Buenos Aires, it was loaded with 1200 passengers and 600 crew members. Everyone...
- Sep 3, 2022
Maria's Pick: "The Many Daughters of Afong Moy" by Jamie Ford
I found this book fascinating as it addressed the topic of generational trauma, a concept that I have only heard about in the past few...
- Aug 28, 2022
Val's Pick: "Nora Goes Off Script" by Annabel Monaghan
Nora supports her family by writing Hallmark movie-like screenplays. After her husband leaves Nora with their two young children, Nora...
- Aug 20, 2022
Maria's Pick: "The Daughter of Doctor Moreau" by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
A reimagining of H.G. Wells’, “The Island of Doctor Moreau”, this story, set in the mid-19th century, takes the viewpoint of the doctor’s...
- Aug 14, 2022
Laurie's Pick: "The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue" by V.E. Schwab
What value does life have if you can leave no mark? This is the question Addie LaRue faces after making a desperate deal to live forever....
- Aug 6, 2022
Mariah's Pick: "For Butter or Worse" by Erin La Rosa
Nina and Leo may work together on the set of a popular cooking competition show but their charm is decidedly OFF behind the scenes. When...
- Jul 27, 2022
Maria's Pick: "Horse" by Geraldine Brooks
I have always loved Geraldine Brooks' historical fiction so I was very excited to to grab her latest work, Horse. It was well worth the...
- Jul 22, 2022
Val's Pick: "Upgrade" by Blake Crouch
Ever since Blake Crouch’s book Dark Matter was published in 2016, he has been on my “authors to read” list. For some reason, I never got...
- Jul 15, 2022
Mariah's Pick: "The Dead Romantics"by Ashley Poston
Florence Day is a romance ghostwriter running from her past in New York City. When her father dies suddenly, Florence is forced to return...
- Jul 7, 2022
Teresa's Pick: "The It Girl" by Ruth Ware
Hannah Jones meets April Clarke-Cliveden during their freshman year at Oxford University. They have a group of close friends - Will,...
- Jul 1, 2022
Cheryl's Pick: "Nightcrawling" by Leila Mottley
Kiara and her brother, Marcus, are on their own. Their father is dead and their mother is living in a halfway house. After Marcus’s pipe...
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