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Continue reading →: The Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels is the Best Kind of Creepy
Authored by Janice Hallett; Published 2023; Mystery ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ / 🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️ The Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels was one of my favorite reads of last summer. I loved watching the mystery slowly come apart, but be warned: if the occult gives you the creeps, I do not recommend this book.…
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Continue reading →: The Women Behind the Door Brought Me Back to COVID
Authored by Roddy Doyle; Published September 2024; Fiction ⭐️⭐️⭐️ There is a type of real, exquisite pain that comes from facing the truth of mistakes you have made that had a deep impact on another person’s life. That pain is at the heart of The Women Behind the Door. In…
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Continue reading →: The Cinnamon Bun Bookstore Isn’t Quite as Cozy as Its Predecessor
Authored by Laurie Gilmore; Published August 2024; Romance ⭐️⭐️⭐️ / 🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️ If you fell in love with the quaint small town of Dream Harbor from The Pumpkin Spice Cafe of TikTok fame, The Cinnamon Bun Bookstore will send you straight back. It doesn’t have quite the same cozy vibes, but…
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Continue reading →: The Mountain in the Sea is a Thought Experiment
Authored by Ray Nayler; Published 2022; Science Fiction ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ / 🏖️🏖️🏖️ Reading The Mountain in the Sea felt like an extended thought experiment, exploring the meaning of consciousness and communication. What does it mean to be sentient? Why is language important? If you like pondering these questions, you will like…
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Continue reading →: The Ghost Cat Made Me Cherish My Cat
Authored by Alex Howard; Published August 2024; Fantasy, Historical Fiction ⭐️⭐️⭐️ / 🏖️🏖️ I would not say that cat lovers are necessarily known for being sentimental, but The Ghost Cat definitely made me want to hug my cat and cherish the time I have with him. The Ghost Cat follows…
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Continue reading →: The Impossible Thing Will Make You Care About… Bird Eggs?
Authored by Belinda Bauer; Published April 2025; Mystery ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ / 🏖️🏖️🏖️ I enjoyed The Impossible Thing, in spite of myself. A novel centered on the bizarre obsession of the English upper class with collecting bird eggs? Sounds like a pass from me—and yet, it captured my attention and made me…
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Continue reading →: The Weight of Blood Will Send Chills Up Your Spine
Authored by Tiffany Jackson; Published 2022; Horror ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ / 🏖️ I’m not sure I’ve ever enjoyed a horror novel as much as I enjoyed The Weight of Blood. I listened to this one as an audiobook, and I cannot recommend that format highly enough. It was perfect for the way…
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Continue reading →: The Jackal’s Mistress is Not as Romantic as It Sounds
Authored by Chris Bohjalian; Published March 2025; Historical Fiction ⭐️⭐️⭐️ / 🏖️🏖️ The Jackal’s Mistress is not a romance dressed up in historical fiction clothing. It is a civil war novel, with all the trappings. In The Jackal’s Mistress, Union captain Jonathan is left for dead in Virginia during the…
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Continue reading →: Dream Count is Not Optimistic on the Prospect of Marriage
Authored by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie; Published March 2025; Fiction ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ / 🏖️ I’m not sure I’ve ever read a book with quite so many men wronging women in quite so many ways as in Dream Count. It is not the novel to read if you are already depressed about the…
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Continue reading →: The Serpent and the Wings of Night Really Stuck the Landing
Authored by Carissa Broadbent; Published 2022; Fantasy ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ / 🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️ Until the last quarter of The Serpent and the Wings of Night, I thought it was a relatively average novel. Those last hundred pages grabbed my heart and did not let go—I hope the sequel continues the upward trend. The…
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