I'm ready for cooler weather, as evidenced by my current reading choices. Bring me autumn, please! In Starling House by Alix E. Harrow, we meet Opal, a young woman who’s stuck in the tiny town of Eden, scraping a living so she can get her bright younger brother into a better school. Eden is nowhere, …
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Book Review | Stars in Your Eyes
In Stars in Your Eyes by Kacen Callender, Logan Gray is known as the bad boy of Hollywood, a great actor but not a great person. And then there’s Matthew “Mattie” Cole, the up-and-comer who everyone loves. So they’re an unlikely pairing when they’re cast as the two main characters in a queer romcom movie, …
Book Review | Thieves’ Gambit (ARC)
I received an advance reader’s copy (ARC) of Thieves’ Gambit by Kayvion Lewis. Since this version is just a proof and not the final version, I won’t quote directly and will keep my comments general. In Thieves’ Gambit, Rosalyn Quest has grown up helping her family in their work, which just so happens to be …
Book Review | What You Are Looking For Is in the Library
What You Are Looking For Is in the Library by Michiko Aoyama (translated from the Japanese by Alison Watts) relates five loosely connected stories of five different people who visit a community library in Tokyo, only to find themselves changing for the better, all because of an unexpected book recommendation by the enigmatic librarian. There’s …
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Book Review | Juniper’s Christmas (ARC)
I received an advance reader’s copy (ARC) of Juniper’s Christmas by Eoin Colfer. Since this version is just a proof and not the final version, I won’t quote directly and will keep my comments general. Between Rick Riordan and Eoin Colfer, what is it with this year being the return of my childhood favorites? I …
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