This literary fiction spotlight illuminates captivating characters with a humorous story about modern love, a tale of sisterhood and loss, and one family’s effort to preserve their culture after fleeing their country. CULT CLASSIC by Sloane Crosley 3 starred reviews! “Novelist and essayist Crosley (THE CLASP, 2015; LOOK ALIVE OUT THERE, 2018) casts a spell […]
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YA Spotlight (5/2/22)
This YA Spotlight is filled with romance with Casey McQuiston’s mysterious and romantic YA debut and a last year of high school story about a girl finding her own place. I KISSED SHARA WHEELER by Casey McQuiston “In a novel brimming with classic YA plotlines, crisp writing, humorous asides, and fully fleshed characters and relationships—many […]
Author Spotlight: Jenn Lyons (4/29/22)
Jenn Lyons has established her title as a master of epic fantasy throughout the release of her series, A Chorus of Dragons. In the series’ newest and final installment, THE DISCORD OF GODS, Relos Var prepares to battle the demon Xaltorath to destroy and enslave the universe, leaving it up to Kihrin to stop them both […]
Family Spotlight (4/26/22)
Today we are spotlighting family in fiction and nonfiction with a politician trying to save both her campaign and her relationship with her children and an inspirational memoir about a woman and her mother revisiting the memories that made them who they are. LET’S NOT DO THAT AGAIN by Grant Ginder 2 starred reviews! “A […]
Genre Friday: Romance (4/22/22)
This Genre Friday is heating up with Regency romances and cowboys, with a man who may have to break the law for the woman who stole his heart, an unlikely old friendship with an Earl that turns romantic in London, and a young cowboy who wakes up one morning on a stranger’s property. HIGHLAND JUSTICE: […]
Fairytale & Folklore Spotlight (4/21/22)
This fairytale and folklore spotlight is sure to bring the magic, from the story of a convent-raised woman who sets off to save her sister from her marriage to an abusive prince, to a queer Arthurian retelling about an unlikely hero who makes her way to the Camelot-inspired King’s court. NETTLE & BONE BY T. KINGFISHER […]
Author Spotlight: Gary Janetti (4/20/22)
Gary Janetti made readers laugh out loud with DO YOU MIND IF I CANCEL?: (Things That Still Annoy Me), a chronicle of the pains and indignities of everyday existence. And now in START WITHOUT ME: (I’ll Be There in a Minute), he returns with a collection of true stories about the small moments that add […]
PW’s Best Summer Reads 2022
Publishers Weekly picked the Summer 2022 books that should be on your radar: Staff Picks EVERYTHING I NEED I GET FROM YOU: How Fangirls Created the Internet as We Know It by Kaitlyn TiffanyTHE THIRD PERSON by Emma Grove Fiction CULT CLASSIC by Sloane Crosley Mystery/Thriller THE KINGDOMS OF SAVANNAH by George Dawes GreenLAST CALL […]
Thriller Thursday (4/14/22)
Today’s Thriller Thursday brings us some brand new mystery series installments with an unknown poisoner on the loose in London, a dinner party that ends the night in flames, and a chain of brutal murders during a summer trip to the forest of Broceliande. FIERCE POISON: A BARKER & LLEWELYN NOVEL BY WILL THOMAS 2 starred […]
Starred Review Round-Up (4/14/22)
We’re seeing stars! These titles all received multiple starred reviews: IF AN EGYPTIAN CANNOT SPEAK ENGLISH by Noor NagaISBN 9781644450819 | on sale 4/12/22 “The short chapters keep the pages turning during the first two sections as the narrative heads toward the inevitable catastrophe, and the meta-fictional third section helps readers process what may have […]
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