Format: ARC Buy on Amazon Goodreads Darling Daffodils Farm is a grumpy–sunshine, rivals-to-lovers romance set on a charming daffodil farm that delivers equal parts heart, sass, and spice. While this one started a little slow for me—and I’ll admit I was initially pretty frustrated with a few of the characters—the story really came together once […]
There is something deeply unsettling about a stranger’s offer made casually over the drone of a ferry engine. When Birdie Chang boards a boat to Whidbey Island, fleeing the media fallout of another woman’s memoir about the man who abused them both as children, she does not expect someone to volunteer as executioner. But that […]
A sweeping fantasy where power and survival collide in a vast, engrossing world You might think of Brandon Sanderson’s sprawling universe and intricate logical magical systems for your fantasy doorstoppers, but lately, I’ve been diving deeper into William Jackson Bennet’s Foundryside, where magic is almost like computer code but with a dark and twisted secret. […]
A treacherous odyssey through Mexico riddled with violence, war, faith, and growth In a drought-laden California, a jumble of men are flung into a rescue mission for one of their daughters, kidnapped by a drug lord in Mexico, in El Señor by David Wall. Ivan Scarlett’s life is completely torn apart when he is fired […]
There is a particular kind of magic that happens when a romance novel refuses to stay in its lane. It starts as a fizzy, laugh-out-loud rom-com, and before you know it, you are crying into your pillow at two in the morning because a man has been secretly hiding dimes around his grieving sister’s house. […]
The Idiot by Alexander Kuprin is part of his short story collection A Slav Soul, and Other Stories which was published in English in 1916. This post may contain affiliate links that earn us a commission at no extra cost to you. The Idiot by Alexander Kuprin The Idiot by Alexander Kuprin We were seated […]
Synopsis: Plantations filled the Antebellum Period and mansions the Gilded Age. Much is known about those who lived and designed them, little is known about those who built and renovated them. At the time, the public had their halls and theaters to discuss their issues, and the wealthy had their private auditoriums or ballrooms to […]
An aura of nostalgia permeates this novella about friendship hearkening back a century to less cynical times. It’s the 1920s and Samuel Peabody Elliot (Peabo) is a bookish young man who loves sports, but, because he can’t play them well, he has few friends in his circle. He’s raised by caring parents in privileged circumstances […]
A thought-provoking meditation on the relation between belief and truth Spanning centuries, disciplines, and genres, The Tin Merchant’s Riddle opens amid the smoking ruins and blood-stained streets of Constantinople at the end of the Fourth Crusade in 1204. “Knights, squires, pages, and knaves hustled in and out of the church doors hauling away gold and […]
There is a particular kind of novel that grabs you by the collar on the first page and only loosens its grip after you have given it everything you have. This Story Might Save Your Life by Tiffany Crum is that kind of novel. It arrives with the chatty warmth of your favorite podcast, lulls […]