Book Reviews

January 16, 2024

The Happy Couple  by Naoise Dolan (Review by Amanda Woodruff)

Rating: 3/5  I found this book incredibly difficult to get into. I had to keep putting it down which led to it taking way longer to […]
January 14, 2024

The Goodbye Cat by Hiro Arikawa (Review by Stacey Lorenson)

Rating:  3.7/5 After reading novels about sadistic cults, sociopaths, and historical fiction this year, The Goodbye Cat was the literary break I needed. Hiro Arikawa’s novelette […]
January 12, 2024

The Engagement Party by Darby Kane (Review by Aura Johnson)

Rating: 4.5/5 A gang of old college friends reunite in order to celebrate an engagement of one of their own. The remote cabin in Maine seemed […]
January 10, 2024

Hunt on Dark Waters by Katee Robert (Reviewed by Jessica Heatherly)

Rating: 5/5 Shew! Katee Robert knows how to pull you into a story! There is action from the first page and it doesn’t let up until […]
January 8, 2024

Every Time You Go Away by Abigail Johnson (Review by Aura Johnson)

Rating: 3/5 Ethan comes and goes to his grandparent’s home, which provides him shelter, love, and stability – something that his addict mother was not able […]
January 6, 2024

The Unspeakable Acts of Zina Pavlou by Eleni Kyriacou (Review by Maggie Majstrova)

Rating: 5/5 They say she’s a murderer. She says nothing. Set in 1950s London, this historical crime novel was inspired by a true story. While there […]
January 4, 2024

You’re the Duke That I Want by Lenora Bell (Review by Stephanie Rowitz)

Rating: 2.5/5 Sandrine Oliver has been raised to be a good girl. She always follows her mother’s rules, and never steps out of line. Her mother […]
January 2, 2024

Welcome to the OC: The Oral History by Josh Schwartz, Stephanie Savage, and Alan Sepinwall (Review by Amanda Woodruff)

Rating: 4/5 Okay, so I know I am not the only 30 something year old who was absolutely obsessed with the tv show The Oc. I […]
December 30, 2023

Punk 57 by Penelope Douglas (Review by Sara D’Onofrio)

Rating: 2.5/5 I think I’ve finally decided that Penelope Douglas books are a hit or miss for me. Sometimes I fly through them and start recommending […]
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