Fiction Reviews

I recently read and adored The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune. I haven’t been this excited to talk about ...

If you’re looking for a powerful coming-of-age story about a fiercely resilient girl, look no further than Tiffany McDaniel’s Betty. Based on ...

Rita Mae Brown’s novel Rubyfruit Jungle was quite revolutionary when it was first published in the 1970s. I had never heard of ...

The description of The Lightest Object in the Universe had me at “after a global economic collapse and failure of the electrical ...

A Boy and His Dog at the End of the World by C.A Fletcher was a book that caught my attention primarily ...

Julia Alvarez’s In the Time of the Butterflies has been on my radar for what feels like forever — I’ve owned a ...

I really enjoy Katherine Center’s stories. I was a huge fan of How to Walk Away — like finishing-it-in-my-car-before-work huge — and ...

I’m sure many of you have read Andy Weir’s popular novel The Martian. For me, it was a rare re-read. I figured ...

Wow! Has it been a while since I’ve sat down to write a book review (and recipe!), but here I am, and ...

I remember when Golden State was offered up as a Book of the Month selection earlier this year. I didn’t choose it, ...

I excitedly picked Candice Carty-Williams’ Queenie as my Book of the Month in March, but since life gets in the way, I ...

Valencia and Valentine is a contemporary fiction debut from Suzy Krause that came out just a few days ago. The novel is ...

When Etaf Rum’s A Woman Is No Man was shown as an option for the February Book of the Month, I didn’t ...

When I was invited to join the blog tour for Phaedra Patrick’s The Library of Lost and Found, I couldn’t turn it ...

When I read the description of Lorna Landvik’s Chronicles of a Radical Hag (with Recipes), I couldn’t resist picking it up. Not ...

Joanne Ramos’ novel The Farm comes out on May 7, and I’m so excited that I was able to get an advance ...

Miriam Toews’ latest novel Women Talking was one of my most anticipated reads of 2019, and though it wasn’t exactly what I ...

For those of you who have been with me since the beginning, you may recall my love of Karen Thompson Walker’s previous ...

When The Map of Salt and Stars was released last May, there was a lot of buzz around it. It’s captivating cover ...

Jade Chang’s debut novel The Wangs vs. the World first came to my attention a couple of years ago when I won ...