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Continue reading →: The Lies of Locke Lamora is All About the Con
Authored by Scott Lynch; Published 2006; Fantasy ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ / 🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️ Who doesn’t love watching a good (fictional) con man at work? Sure, The Lies of Locke Lamora features con boys, but they’re still a ton of fun to observe. Locke Lamora’s life has never been simple. He’s been stealing and…
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Continue reading →: I Hope You Find What You’re Looking For Will Show You an Entirely New Piece of History
Authored by Bsrat Mezghebe; Published February 2026; Historical Fiction ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ / 🏖️ I Hope You Find What You’re Looking For is one of those great novels that introduces me to an entirely new piece of history with compassion and nuance. I knew almost nothing about it when I picked it…
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Continue reading →: Next Time Will Be Our Turn is Both Heartwarming and Heartbreaking
Authored by Jesse Q. Sutanto; Published November 2025; Romance ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ / 🏖️🏖️ When I first started reading Next Time Will Be Our Turn, I expected a story along the lines of Crazy Rich Asians. While there is a certain amount of wealth thrown around in this novel, it is not…
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Continue reading →: Cover Her Face Exemplifies Locked Room Mysteries
Authored by P.D. James; Published 1962; Mystery ⭐️⭐️⭐️ / 🏖️🏖️🏖️ Cover Her Face is the type of old school mystery that feels like the exact opposite of modern day police procedurals. There’s very little in the way of fancy forensics or high speed chases—just careful interviews to piece together a…
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Continue reading →: Dear Debbie Reveals Vengeance in a Perfect Suburban Life
Authored by Freida McFadden; Published January 2026; Thriller ⭐️⭐️⭐️ / 🏖️🏖️ I wonder how many housewives are out there who dream of living a life like the titular heroine of Dear Debbie, exacting (sometimes violent) retribution on anyone who dares to hurt them or their families. While the novel leans…
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Continue reading →: The Silver Book May Not Be for a General Audience
Authored by Olivia Laing; Published November 2025; Historical Fiction ⭐️⭐️⭐️ / 🏖️🏖️ I hesitate to write a review of The Silver Book. I know so little about the time period and the context that I’m not sure that the novel had the intended impact for me. In The Silver Book,…
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Continue reading →: Bridget Jones’s Diary Doesn’t Quite Live Up to the Movie
Authored by Helen Fielding; Published 1996; Romance ⭐️⭐️⭐️ / 🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️ Bridget Jones’s Diary is a cornerstone of the romantic comedy genre, a classic story referred back to time and time again. Although some of its content has not aged well, I was surprised to discover how much of it still…
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Continue reading →: The King Must Die Bursts with Interesting Ideas
Authored by Kemi Ashing-Giwa; Published November 2025; Science Fiction ⭐️⭐️⭐️ / 🏖️🏖️ The King Must Die has one of the most frustrating flaws a novel can have–it contains the kernels of far too many good ideas, and none of them is able to reach their full potential in such a…
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Continue reading →: Alchemised is Brutal
Authored by SenLin Yu; Published September 2025; Fantasy ⭐️⭐️⭐️ / 🏖️🏖️ Perhaps you have heard of Alchemised, the notoriously long, Book Tok-lauded dark fantasy novel guaranteed to tear your heart out and stomp all over it. Although it does have a certain addictive allure, I can’t say that it’s my…
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Continue reading →: Postmortem Features a Giant Among Heroines
Authored by Patricia Cornwell; Published 1990; Mystery ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ / 🏖️🏖️ I’ve known about Patricia Cornwell’s Kay Scarpetta series for years, but I wasn’t sure about a mystery series featuring a medical examiner–it just seemed a little more morbid than other procedurals. I finally decided to give Postmortem, the first in…
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