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Continue reading →: Canon Makes a Mockery of Quests from God
Authored by Paige Lewis; Published May 2026; Fantasy ⭐️⭐️ / 🏖️🏖️🏖️ I fully admit, I’m not really a literary fiction person, and this novel, though technically fantasy, could definitely fall into that category. If I had to describe Canon in two words, it would be performatively weird. In Canon, God…
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Continue reading →: Writers & Lovers is Surprisingly Magnetic
Authored by Lily King; Published 2020; Fiction ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Writers & Lovers drew me in with a magnetism that I don’t normally associate with romances like this one. The characters have flaws visible enough to make them nearly unappealing, and yet… In Writers & Lovers, Casey has been working on her…
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Continue reading →: The Book of Heartbreak Isn’t Quite a Dream of a Romantasy Novel
Authored by Ova Ceren; Published August 2025; Romantasy ⭐️⭐️ / 🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️ There are ways in which I am a true book snob. I don’t turn up my nose at any genre that’s not literary fiction, but when certain key elements of writing and plot construction fail, it affects my enjoyment…
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Continue reading →: No Way Home is Stressful
Authored by T.C. Boyle; Published April 2026; Thriller ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Another novel, another train wreck that I can’t tear my eyes away from. No Way Home features a love triangle in which not a single participant could possibly have a fully developed frontal cortex, judging from their poor life decisions. In…
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Continue reading →: The Man with a Load of Mischief Makes Mystery Cozy Before It Was Cool
Authored by Martha Grimes; Published 1981; Mystery ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ / 🏖️🏖️🏖️ The Man with a Load of Mischief is a cozy mystery that came out way before such things were cool. A winter wonderland for a setting and a comical cast of characters make for a quick and easy read. In…
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Continue reading →: Ruth is No Barn Burner
Authored by Kate Riley; Published August 2025; Historical Fiction ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Ruth is not a barn-burner of a book, and while I enjoy getting to put myself in the shoes of an entirely different person, I would have appreciated just a little more happening in this novel. In Ruth, we follow…
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Continue reading →: Some People Gave Me Hope
Authored by Parini Shroff; Published July 2026; Fiction ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Some People surprised me. For a novel that I thought would bore me—you may know I normally don’t love novels in which little happens—it captured me fully. In Some People, Nathan is in the process of getting divorced from Kavya, who…
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Continue reading →: The Decagon House Murders is Quite the Puzzle
Authored by Yukito Ayatsuji; Published 1987; Mystery ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ / 🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️ I’m told that The Decagon House Murders is a classic, and it’s easy to see why. It’s an excellent whodunnit, a challenging puzzle that also manages to be a bit spooky. In The Decagon House Murders, seven Japanese college students,…
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Continue reading →: The Hounding Will Horrify You… with the Awfulness of Humanity
Authored by Xenobe Purvis; Published August 2025; Horror ⭐️⭐️⭐️ The Hounding doesn’t fall into the horror genre with the fit you’d imagine. There aren’t jump scares, but trust me, as you read it, you’ll be horrified at how awful men can be. In the village of Little Nettlebed, all is…
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Continue reading →: Mr. Collins in Love Is Basically Just Fan Fiction
Authored by Lee Welch; Published August 2025; Romance ⭐️⭐️ / 🏖️🏖️🏖️ Mr. Collins In Love reads like fan fiction from a truly devout Austen acolyte. For me, there wasn’t enough originality or romance to rank among my favorites. Whatever happened to Mr. Collins, the curate who proposed to Lizzie Bennett…
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