An impactful coming of age story of tumultuous first love and the weight of life’s choices From her excited days in Harvard University to her fatigued ones in medical school nine years later, Hearts and Bones is a dual-timeline coming of age story that meditates on mental health and the consequences of real-life choices. The […]
A fun little story of a hedgehog who just wants to live the good life While hedgehogs may be known to be quite the little workers, not all of them succumb to the stereotype. One in particular enjoys a bit of relaxation and the convenience of fresh dogfood served in a bowl. Why hunt for […]
Freida McFadden has built her empire on psychological thrillers that make readers simultaneously uncomfortable and unable to look away. Dear Debbie by Freida McFadden continues this tradition while venturing into darker, more provocative territory than her previous works. The novel poses an unsettling question: what happens when a woman who has spent years counseling others […]
The Model Millionaire by Oscar Wilde first appeared in print in the newspaper The World in June 1887. A short touching story about a man, who is poor, but becomes rich through an act of kindness. This post may contain affiliate links that earn us a commission at no extra cost to you. The Model […]
A classic narrative that explores friendship, drugs, love, and the exacting price of fame The excesses of stardom. The Rock N’ Roll lifestyle. A winding and treacherous path. Perfect Cadence charts the meteoric rise to the top of Gunnar and Shep, two Nebraskans who relocated to Los Angeles to break into the music business. Gunnar […]
Content warnings: Child sexual abuse, rape A heartbreaking, hope-filled memoir about overcoming debilitating trauma Skyler Boschen seemingly had it all: a loving family, a passion for gymnastics and animals, and good friends. No one could imagine that she was hiding a tragic secret underneath the surface: that from ages three to eleven, she was being […]
A resounding opening novel—an epic historical fantasy about a headstrong woman facing the complex realities of her beliefs and of war War has arrived in the port city of Marenburg. While Cosette Argant is certainly aware of it—money is tight and necessities are even harder to come by—she doesn’t bother to worry herself with the […]
When love teeters on silence Hearts bound by unspoken truths Will courage speak first? The fifth installment of Tessa Bailey’s Big Shots series arrives with the emotional weight of a lifetime’s worth of longing, wrapped in the glittering facade of New York’s baseball elite. Catch Her If You Can by Tessa Bailey doesn’t simply conclude […]
A funny, engaging memoir of music and nostalgia At one point in Our Mixtapes, Ourselves: The Happy-Sad Story and Soundtrack of Generation X, David Grady writes that mixtapes in the 1980s were “the perfect mechanism for saying everything you couldn’t say yourself.” He lists examples: “the ‘sad breakup’ tape, the ‘angry breakup’ tape, the ‘I […]
A sweet, unexpected romance between a lovable giant and an Irish superstar Sam Miller is tired of being deployed. He’s missed out on too much time with his kids and his wife, so he’s stepping away from his position in the Marines to rectify that. Only problem is—his wife left him for Texas four days […]