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I received an advance reader’s copy (ARC) of The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah. Since this version is just a proof and not the final version, I won’t quote directly and will keep my comments general. In The Four Winds, Elsa Martinelli lives on a farm in Texas with her children and her husband’s parents. But as the…
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I received an advance reader’s copy (ARC) of Outlawed by Anna North. Since this version is just a proof and not the final version, I won’t quote directly and will keep my comments general. In an alternate world in which a flu decimates—and in fact destroys—America as we know it, fertility is valued above everything. In…
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I received an advance reader’s copy (ARC) of A Thousand Ships by Natalie Haynes. Since this version is just a proof and not the final version, I won’t quote directly and will keep my comments general. In Homer’s famous epic poems, The Iliad and The Odyssey, we follow various men who go to war, face loss and destruction, and…
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I received an advance reader’s copy (ARC) of Concrete Rose by Angie Thomas. Since this version is just a proof and not the final version, I won’t quote directly and will keep my comments general. In Concrete Rose, Maverick Carter thinks his life is pretty stable—he makes money by working for the King Lords, he has a wonderful…
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I squeezed in one last romcom before the end of the year! In Rhiannon Richardson’s novel The Meet-Cute Project, Mia is dealing with her bridezilla sister, who insists Mia needs to find a date for the wedding. Mia isn’t interested in the idea of romance, but finds herself with little choice. She and her friends…
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Merry Christmas to those who celebrate it! Let’s review a horror novel. You know, for irony. I received an advance reader’s copy (ARC) of Hold Back the Tide by Melinda Salisbury. Since this version is just a proof and not the final version, I won’t quote directly and will keep my comments general. I’m apparently quite a…
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I received an advance reader’s copy (ARC) of Happily Ever Afters by Elise Bryant. Since this version is just a proof and not the final version, I won’t quote directly and will keep my comments general. In Happily Ever Afters, Tessa gets a fantastic opportunity to go to an art school and take classes about her…
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Ah, mythology, I’ll always love you. In the poetry collection Great Goddesses, poet Nikita Gill examines, reinterprets, and re-frames the lives—both mortal and immortal—of Greek mythology, particularly those of the women. She gives a fresh perspective on these familiar tales, giving the often-sidelined women of the epics a chance to shine and tell their own stories.…
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This was like The Good Place: Teen Holiday Edition. So if you know me at all (for those who don’t, know that I’ve watched that show several times now because it’s forking awesome okay), you’ll know I enjoyed this book. In Cynthia Hand’s The Afterlife of Holly Chase, Holly is a materialistic, selfish, entitled brat. But one Christmas…
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I received an advance reader’s copy (ARC) of The Liar’s Dictionary by Eley Williams. Since this version is just a proof and not the final version, I won’t quote directly and will keep my comments general. This book was so odd, a word which here means (yes, I’m borrowing Lemony Snicket’s turn of phrase) unusual but undeniably…