Book Reviews

North of Nowhere by Allison Brennan
Kristen McIntyre Reed plays soccer for her high school team,…

Arch-conspirator by Veronica Roth
In ARCH-CONSPIRATOR, Veronica Roth puts a futuristic spin on…

JEANA’S FAVORITE READS OF 2023
Happy New Year and welcome to 2024! As with past years I like…

The Last Tale of the Flower Bride by Roshani Chokshi
What begins as a whirlwind romance quickly turns into a gothic…

Favorite Children’s Books of 2023
I am a lover of lists, so the end of the year is an exciting…

The Vaster Wilds by Lauren Groff
We meet “the girl” as she runs through a land that’s “innocent…

Before She Finds Me by Heather Chavez
The day has finally arrived that Julia Bennet has been both dreading…

Babel: An Arcane History by R. F. Kuang
In the large port city of Canton, a young boy is dying of cholera.…

Hester: A Novel by Laurie Lico Albanese
Set in Salem, Massachusetts in the early 1800s, Hester by Laurie…

Scaredy Squirrel series by Melanie Watt
A good friend of mine and I have been mailing each other squirrel-themed…

Cherie Dimaline’s TIGER LILY AND THE SECRET TREASURE OF NEVERLAND
J.M. Barrie’s Peter Pan has been told and retold many times…

His Majesty’s Airship: The Life and Tragic Death of the World’s Largest Flying Machine by S.C. Gwynne
Word association with “airship” probably yields responses…

Misbelief: What Makes Rational People Believe Irrational Things by Dan Ariely
A few years ago Dan Ariely, Professor of Psychology and Behavioral…

The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty
Amina al-Sirafi used to be a pirate. She sailed the Indian Ocean…

Lady Tan’s Circle of Women by Lisa See
The setting for Lisa See’s latest New York Times bestselling…