Book Reviews

September 20, 2021

Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy (Review by Caitlin Winkler)

Rating 5/5 ⭐ I started typing this review for Once There Were Wolves several times but found myself stopping to see If I was appropriately conveying […]
September 20, 2021

The Mad Women’s Ball by Victoria Mas (Review by Samantha Helias)

Rating: 3/5 Stars The Mad Women’s Ball is about an unexpected dynamic that forms between a nurse and a patient at Paris’ Salpetriere Asylum in 1885. […]
September 18, 2021

The Moon, the Stars, and Madame Burova By Ruth Hogan (Review by Stacie Kitchen)

Rating: 3/5 ⭐ At its heart, The Moon, the Stars, and Madame Burova is about a young woman, Billie, who is searching for her birth family. […]
September 16, 2021

The Necklace by Matt Witten (Review by Julie Ramhold)

Rating: 4.8 ⭐ Content warning: Child murder; sexual assault of child; mentions of pedophilia; domestic violence; She knew the psychiatrists and nurses meant well, but she […]
September 14, 2021

The Illustrated Child by Polly Crosby (Review by Kate Istead)

Rating: 3.5 ⭐ ‘The Illustrated Child,’ is about the stories families tell and how these both take shape differently depending on who the storyteller is and […]
September 14, 2021

Where I Left Her by Amber Garza (Review by Taylor Bridgeforth)

Rating 3.5 ⭐ This read was fast and all over the place—aka perfect. I loved that it kept me intrigued in wanting to read faster but […]
September 12, 2021

Fallen by Linda Castillo Book (Review by Stacey Lorenson)

Rating: 3.9 ⭐ I love reading a book that I can learn something new from. I was not familiar with Amish traditions and culture, but after […]
September 10, 2021

Learning to Speak Southern by Lindsey Rogers Cook (Review by Lara Ferguson)

Rating: 4/5 ⭐ All Lex has ever really wanted to do was get out of Memphis. Away from her parents, away from the disappointment of her […]
September 8, 2021

A Time to Lie By Simon Berthon (Review by Maggie Majstrova)

Rating: 3.5 ⭐ Robin Sandford is UK’s Prime Minister. In a post-Brexit, post-pandemic world, he’s simply trying to get the country back on its feet. He’s […]
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