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Continue reading →: The Gunslinger Doesn’t Quite Come Together
Authored by Stephen King; Published 1982; Fantasy ⭐️⭐️⭐️ / 🏖️🏖️🏖️ I am told that The Gunslinger is not representative of the Dark Tower series that it inaugurates. While this novel is well-written and builds a moderate amount of suspense, I can only hope the series has more to offer in…
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Continue reading →: Babylon, South Dakota Pokes Holes in the Idea of Immortality
Authored by Tom Lin; Published May 2026; Science Fiction ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ / 🏖️🏖️🏖️ Babylon, South Dakota is a fascinating thought experiment of a novel. It somehow manages to seamlessly combine a narrative of the immigrant experience with concepts of immortality and parallel universes in a way that will leave you thinking…
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Continue reading →: The World’s Greatest Detective and Her Just Okay Assistant Offends My Millennial Sensibilities
Authored by Liza Tully; Published July 2025; Mystery ⭐️⭐️ / 🏖️🏖️🏖️ In The World’s Greatest Detective and Her Just Okay Assistant, stereotypes are king. Before reading the novel, I assumed that the title was tongue-in-cheek, and that the assistant would rise above her role as Gen Z lackey. But… it…
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Continue reading →: Sing, Unburied, Sing Embraces the Sadness of the Human Experience
Authored by Jesmyn Ward; Published 2016; Fiction ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Sometimes, reading a novel is embracing the sadness of the human experience. That’s what Sing, Unburied, Sing was for me. In Sing, Unburied, Sing, we follow Leonie and Jojo, mother and son, as Jojo’s father is released from prison and Leonie’s mom…
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Continue reading →: Archive of Unknown Universes Explores the Lives You Might Have Lived
Authored by Ruben Reyes Jr.; Published July 2025; Science Fiction ⭐️⭐️⭐️ / 🏖️🏖️ Have you wondered about the alternative lives you might have led in parallel universes? Perhaps you’ve wondered how the society around you might be different as well? To dive into those questions, consider Archives of Unknown Universes.…
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Continue reading →: History Lessons is a Romance for Nerds
Authored by Zoe Wallbrook; Published July 2025; Mystery ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ / 🏖️🏖️🏖️ If you love books, if you’ve ever played around with the idea of getting a PhD, or if you are really a nerd of any kind, you will like History Lessons. Its protagonist Daphne is certainly the type of…
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Continue reading →: The Color of Magic, is, in a Word, Zany
Authored by Terry Pratchett; Published 1983; Fantasy ⭐️⭐️⭐️ / 🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️ I’ve never read Terry Pratchett’s novels before, but from what I’ve heard, The Color of Magic is a fair representation of his work. It’s zany and irreverent, even if it doesn’t contain the most compelling or straightforward plotline. In The…
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Continue reading →: Radiant Star is an Exhibition of the Intersection of Religion and Power
Authored by Ann Leckie; Published May 2026; Science Fiction ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Radiant Star may be set on a faraway planet in a foreign empire, but its commentary is all too relevant to our society. So relevant, in fact, that this may not be what you’re looking for in a sci-fi novel.…
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Continue reading →: Typewriter Beach Shows the Ugliness of 1950s Hollywood
Authored by Meg Waite Clayton; Published July 2025; Historical Fiction ⭐️⭐️⭐️ / 🏖️🏖️🏖️ Typewriter Beach let me escape to a beautiful setting, if not a beautiful era. Another historical fiction with a dual timeline narrative, it spun an interesting tale but was just a bit too messy for my taste.…
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Continue reading →: Death of a Red Heroine is an Education in Chinese Politics
Authored by Qiu Xiaolong; Published 2000; Mystery ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ / 🏖️🏖️ Death of a Red Heroine is an education in the politics of China in the 1990s—at times, even more than it’s a mystery. I found it delightful to step into this new culture and try to find my way through…
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