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Aug 27, 20212 min read

Book Review: “Dare to Know” the consequences of knowing your death & curiosity

James Kennedy answers the time-old question, "If you could find out when you die, would you?" in his latest sci-fi novel "Dare to Know."

Aug 27, 20212 min read

Book Review: YA meets Black Mirror in “Lies My Memory Told Me”

Nowadays, Netflix’s hit TV show Black Mirror doesn’t seem like a distant warning of technology’s danger.

Aug 20, 20213 min read

Book Review: Escape into paradise (and love) with “People We Meet on Vacation”

I’m generally not one to fall head over heels for romance novels–my reading tastes usually lean toward anything but lovey-dovey books.

Aug 10, 20212 min read

Book Review: Clowns, cowboys, and clocks run wild in “The Escapement”

Welcome to the Escapement–a Westernesque world of clowns with a dash of Salvador Dali surrealism.

Jul 8, 20212 min read

Take a trip into a dark, Mayan fairytale with “Gods of Jade & Shadow”

European fairytales were so last season, and Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s Mayan-inspired story is the most dazzling of tales this season.

Jun 29, 20212 min read

Book Review: “In Another Light” illuminates the darkness of grief

This isn't your momma's usual thriller. A.J. Banner's latest release "In Another Light" is yet another masterful thriller for the author.

Jun 25, 20212 min read

Book Review: True Blood & Desperate Housewives collide in Grady Hendrix's vampire novel

I am practically an expert in vampire media, and boy, do I have a new one to add to your TBR.

Jun 22, 20212 min read

Book Review: Kiese Laymon’s “Long Division” time-defying novel

I can't say I've ever read a novel as multi-layered as Kiese Laymon's 2013 debut novel "Long Division."

Jun 16, 20212 min read

Book Review: “The Midnight Library” tugs lightly on the heartstrings

In Matt Haig’s 2020 bestseller “The Midnight Library,” Nora Seed is given the opportunity to change her life in exchange for a new one.

May 28, 20213 min read

Book Review: “Bright Ruined Things” and its half-assed retelling of “The Tempest”

If I’ve learned anything from perpetually reading, it’s this: don’t ever trust anyone on an island.

May 23, 20213 min read

Book Review: “The Atlas Six” delights and questions in true dark academia fashion

Secret societies? Check. Enigmatic characters? Check. Unique affinities that test the limits of time, space, life, and death? Double check.

May 2, 20213 min read

Book Review: Rock n’ roll never looked so good with “Daisy Jones & The Six”

No one does drama and danger like rockstars.

Apr 30, 20213 min read

Book Review: The Hunger Games and Percy Jackson viciously collide in “Lore”

Katniss Everdeen meets Percy Jackson in Alexandra Bracken’s January release “Lore."

Apr 8, 20212 min read

Book Review: Get lost in Japan with “Yume”

If Studio Ghibli’s classic film “Spirited Away” was rated R, you’d get Sifton Tracey Anipare’s 2021 debut “Yume.”

Apr 7, 20212 min read

Book Review: Brit Bennett stuns again with “The Mothers”

After I discovered Brit Bennett’s smash hit “The Vanishing Half” earlier this year, I told myself to hold off on buying “The Mothers."

Mar 28, 20212 min read

Book Review: Relive your teenage years with “The Brittanys”

Like everyone else on the planet, I’d rather eat a jean jacket than revisit my teenage years.

Mar 27, 20212 min read

Book Review: Bravado to Richard Powers “Orfeo”

But all my previous trepidations were flung out the window when I cracked open Richard Powers’ 2014 powerhouse novel, “Orfeo.”

Mar 17, 20212 min read

Book Review: “Unwritten” is a reader’s paradise under construction

Her debut YA novel “Unwritten,” set to release in May 2021, is a young reader’s paradise.

Mar 9, 20212 min read

Book Review: Make way for “The Library of the Dead” and a new voice in fantasy

T.L. Huchu’s “The Library of the Dead,” out in June 2021, is a wonderful addition to the small genre of contemporary fantasy.

Feb 19, 20212 min read

Book Review: Brit Bennett’s “The Vanishing Half” astonishes

If you haven’t added Brit Bennett’s novel “The Vanishing Half” to your reading list, now is the time to do so.

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