We were standing outside my house when the sky opened—a blessed relief at the tail end of the Los Angeles wildfires. We pulled up our hoods, letting the rain shimmer over us. “They’ll be okay,” I said to my friend. “Kids are resilient.” She looked unimpressed by my dazzling use of an empty platitude. “Are they, though?” Months later, I haven’t stopped thinking about this conversation. Are kids resilient? My instinct is to shake my fist at anyone who would dare say “no.” I […]
Good Dirt by Charmaine Wilkerson on January 28, 2025 Genres: Fiction / African American & Black / Historical, Fiction / Literary, Fiction / Women Pages: 512 Format: Audiobook Buy on Amazon Goodreads Charmaine Wilkerson delivers a sweeping, multi-generational novel in Good Dirt, a powerful exploration of grief, inheritance, and the inescapable pull of the past. […]
Society of Lies: Reese’s Book Club by Lauren Ling Brown on October 1, 2024 Genres: Fiction / Thrillers / General, Fiction / Thrillers / Suspense, Fiction / Women Pages: 384 Format: Audiobook Buy on Amazon Goodreads “How often, in the world, is silence what allows horrible people to get away with their crimes?” Maya has […]
The Locked Ward by Sarah Pekkanen on August 5, 2025 Genres: Fiction / Thrillers / Domestic, Fiction / Women Pages: 320 Format: ARC Buy on Amazon Goodreads Tt’s the Crime of the Decade when glamorous Georgia Cartwright, who was adopted as a newborn, is accused of killing the biological daughter of her wealthy, Southern family. […]
Nine Month Contract by Amy Daws on October 29, 2024 Genres: Fiction / Family Life / General, Fiction / Romance / Contemporary, Fiction / Romance / General, Fiction / Romance / New Adult, Fiction / Romance / Romantic Comedy, Fiction / Small Town & Rural Pages: 416 Format: ARC Buy on Amazon Goodreads This was […]
Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros on January 21, 2025 Genres: Fiction / Fantasy / Action & Adventure, Fiction / Fantasy / Dragons & Mythical Creatures, Fiction / Fantasy / Epic, Fiction / Fantasy / Romance Pages: 542 Format: Hardcover Buy on Amazon Goodreads “I could reach the rank of Maven, lead armies of dark wielders […]
The Bachelorette Party by Camilla Sten on June 10, 2025 Genres: Fiction / Horror, Fiction / Thrillers / Psychological, Fiction / Thrillers / Suspense Pages: 304 Format: ARC Buy on Amazon Goodreads This is the first book I have read by this author and I’m still not sure what I think about this one. This […]
Deep End by Ali Hazelwood on February 4, 2025 Genres: Fiction / Romance / Contemporary, Fiction / Romance / New Adult, Fiction / Romance / Sports Pages: 464 Format: Paperback Buy on Amazon Goodreads “I’m afraid of the unpredictability of existing.” Scarlett Vandermeer is swimming upstream. A Junior at Stanford and a student-athlete who specializes […]
The Crash by Freida McFadden on February 26, 2025 Genres: Fiction / Thrillers / Psychological, Fiction / Thrillers / Suspense Pages: 384 Format: eBook Buy on Amazon Goodreads “How do you know what’s right or wrong without your mother telling you so?” Tegan is eight months pregnant, alone, and desperately wants to put her crumbling life […]
The Last House on the Street by Diane Chamberlain on January 11, 2022 Genres: Fiction / Family Life / General, Fiction / Women Pages: 352 Format: Audiobook Buy on Amazon Goodreads “The real thing isn’t always sunshine and roses and it’s not always … exciting or thrilling, but it’s solid. That’s the kind of thing that […]