No Time Like Now has a cool, starting premise. The publisher's note bills it as a twist on A Christmas Carol and while it does have some of that structure in the first part of the story, the middle p…
The Dark Fable is a thrilling heist adventure written in the vein of Leigh Bardugo's Six of Crows.
Evie Wilder has been orphaned since the age of eight, when her father apparently murdered her mot…
Richard Osman mixes it up a bit in this latest installment of The Thursday Murder Club Series. First, he has not just murder happening, but other crimes, too, that muddy the waters. Second, the murd…
This book was thoroughly enjoyable and a delightful discovery! The storyline and world-building are fairly straightforward and not particularly complicated, but my oh my, the character and the concep…
Gender Queer is a memoir that explores the emotional journey and struggles surrounding being transgender. Having experienced it first-hand, the author powerfully conveys the depth of feeling and the m…
In the second book in this series, author Megan Reyes almost immediately reverses the gathering of the four young heroes from the first book and sends them all their separate ways. There is a lot of …
Gordon Korman continues to be a fabulous middle grade author. He is good at creating characters and authentic situations and conversations. Recently writing female characters seems to be in vogue so…
Love adventure, hi-tech gadgets, and learning made fun? The Explorer Academy brings kids from all over the world to teach them about conservation, mind-blowing tech, and how to safely explore this ama…
Tracie Peterson continues following the lives of the Camera Girls in Finding Us. Finding Us is the second book in the Pictures of the Heart historical fiction series. It is recommended that readers be…
The Children of Ragnarok is an epic, high-fantasy inspired by Norse mythology. The narrative is in third person and alternates between Eiric, a sixteen-year-old from a long line of Vikings, and Regi…
Remember Me by Tracie Peterson is the first in the Pictures of the Heart Series. It is a work of historical fiction set in Seattle in the early 1900s. Peterson is well known for her historical fiction…
I’ve found lately that books that involve big, mysterious houses are definitely ones I want to be reading. Bonus points if there are enough descriptive details that I can envision the mansion easily. …
