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Continue reading →: The Book Club for Troublesome Women Will Inspire You
Authored by Marie Bostwick; Published April 2025; Historical Fiction ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ / 🏖️ If you grew up idolizing famous feminists, it would be difficult for you not to enjoy The Book Club for Troublesome Women. It left me feeling empowered to chase what I really want in life, even when doors…
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Continue reading →: Wild Reverence Has the Air of Greek Tragedy
Authored by Rebecca Ross; Published September 2025; Fantasy ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ / 🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️ I have a very particular quirk: I need to read books in narrative chronological order, regardless of the order of publication. In this case, it meant reading Wild Reverence, a prequel, before the previously-published books that occur in the…
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Continue reading →: The Thousandth Floor Declares: Teen Drama is the Same, Regardless of the Year
Authored by Katharine McGee; Published 2016; Science Fiction ⭐️⭐️⭐️ / 🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️ The Thousandth Floor may take place over a century in the future, but the teen drama looks exactly the same as it does today. You can wrap it in flashy, convenience-creating technology, but entitled teenagers are still entitled teenagers. …
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Continue reading →: Best Offer Wins is Not for Prospective Home Buyers
Authored by Marisa Kashino; Published November 2025; Thriller ⭐️⭐️⭐️ / 🏖️ If you have a nightmare househunting experience in your past or your near future, you should skip right past Best Offer Wins. No one would (or should) take their desire for a house quite as far as the heroine…
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Continue reading →: Summer in the City Does Not Do Romance Tropes Justice
Authored by Alex Aster; Published March 2025; Romance ⭐️⭐️ / 🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️ Summer in the City contains within its pages just about every trope I have ever read in a romantic comedy. I admit, I like a good trope. Executed well, they feel like a cozy and well-worn blanket. This novel,…
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Continue reading →: A Wizard of Earthsea Will Enchant Your Child
Authored by Ursula Le Guin; Published 1968; Fantasy ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ / 🏖️🏖️ A Wizard of Earthsea has all the hallmarks of a magical coming-of-age story, with lessons in the price of magic and the perils of possessing power without character, along with a school for young mages and adventures through dragon-filled…
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Continue reading →: The Museum Detective is for Archaeology Buffs
Authored by Maha Khan Phillips; Published April 2025; Mystery ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ / 🏖️🏖️🏖️ I can’t help but notice that in today’s murder mysteries, a lot of crime-solving heroes are… not detectives, or even affiliated with law enforcement. Instead, they’re well-motivated, curious civilians with the drive to untangle the puzzles in front…
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Continue reading →: Heartsick Misses the Mark
Authored by Kristina Forest; Published October 2025; Romance ⭐️⭐️ / 🏖️🏖️ Heartsick feels like a missed opportunity of a novel. Instead of seizing the chance to introduce teenagers to the idea that even painful emotions can teach us important lessons and help shape us, the author chooses a significantly more…
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Continue reading →: Neverwhere May Take You to a World You Would Rather Not Visit
Authored by Neil Gaiman; Published 1996; Fantasy ⭐️⭐️⭐️ / 🏖️🏖️🏖️ Neverwhere is a doorway to another world, but I’m not sure that it’s one I would like to revisit. Instead of a magically enchanting experience, it’s more of a grotesque and frightening one. In Neverwhere, Richard is living an exceedingly…
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Continue reading →: Murder Takes a Vacation Brings Coziness to New Heights in Europe
Authored by Laura Lippman; Published June 2025; Mystery ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ / 🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️ What makes a mystery cozy? I don’t think I could quantify it precisely, but I do think Murder Takes a Vacation, with its charming if sometimes naive heroine, and its river cruise setting, qualifies. In Murder Takes a Vacation,…
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