“You look for ruin. And if you can’t find it, you make it.” My top read of the year came as a surprise right at the tail end of December. I was gifted Dinaw Mengestu’s Someone Like Us (Knopf 2024) by the publisher earlier this year. With life in the way, I didn’t get aroundContinue reading “SOMEONE LIKE US – Dinaw Mengestus”
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I’LL COME TO YOU – Rebecca Kauffman
I’m trying to get a bit better at getting my reviews in for ARCS before the book is published, and I’m patting myself on the back with this one because Rebecca Kauffman’s I’ll Come to You (Counterpoint 2024) has an expected publication date of 1/7/2025. (Thank you to the publisher for gifting me this finishedContinue reading “I’LL COME TO YOU – Rebecca Kauffman”
A NOVEL LOVE STORY – Ashley Poston
I’m likely not the best person to listen to when it comes to reviewing romance. That said, I tried really hard to like Ashley Poston’s A Novel Love Story (Berkley 2024), but it fell way flat for me. The premise is cute enough – a woman who loves romance novels heads to a cabin forContinue reading “A NOVEL LOVE STORY – Ashley Poston”
THE MOST WONDERFUL CRIME OF THE YEAR – Ally Carter
While heading home for Christmas, I decided to listen to an audio book. (I usually get one or two audio books in a year, but it’s really not my reading preference.) I settled on Ally Carter’s The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year (Avon 2024), and I’m so glad I did. What a delicious holidayContinue reading “THE MOST WONDERFUL CRIME OF THE YEAR – Ally Carter”
THE NIGHT TIGER – Yangsze Choo
While I have all three Yangsze Choo novels on my TBR, I opted to read The Night Tiger (Flatiron 2019) first. As the story of the ghost bride is referenced in this novel, I should have likely read Choo’s debut before The Night Tiger, but I don’t think it was necessary. (That may change onceContinue reading “THE NIGHT TIGER – Yangsze Choo”
THE DAVENPORTS: MORE THAN THIS – Krystal Marquis
I really thought The Davenports was going to be a continued series, with each subsequent novel a deep dive into one of the Davenport siblings (with a branch out for Amy-Rose and Ruby Tremaine), but it would seem the second installment, The Davenports: More than This (Dial Books 2024) seems to wrap all the storyContinue reading “THE DAVENPORTS: MORE THAN THIS – Krystal Marquis”
THE RESURRECTIONIST – A. Rae Dunlap
“… he was my North Star whenever the darkness of doubt threatened to envelop me. When I could not tell my dreams from wakefulness, he remained my touchstone and my Truth; a glimmer in his eye and a quirk of his lips were are that it took to make me feel manifest, whole, and worthy.”Continue reading “THE RESURRECTIONIST – A. Rae Dunlap”
TEHRANGELES – Porochista Khakpour
When the publisher sent me a copy of Porochista Khakpour’s Tehrangeles (Pantheon 2024) and I saw that cover, I knew this would be a devilishly decadent over-the-top candy book. Not one but two Kevin Kwan blurbs on the cover further confirmed my suspicion. Khakpour’s writing is playful and witty, and devastatingly disarming, but this oneContinue reading “TEHRANGELES – Porochista Khakpour”
THE GOD OF THE WOODS – Liz Moore
“It came from the Greek god Pan: the god of the woods. He liked to trick people, to confuse and disorient them until they lost their bearings, and their minds.” “Something about her looks immortal…a spirit, an apparition, more god than child.” Liz Moore’s The God of the Woods (Riverhead Books 2024) is in myContinue reading “THE GOD OF THE WOODS – Liz Moore”
SO THIRSTY – Rachel Harrison
“Besides, anticipating the worst-case scenario doesn’t prepare you for the worst-case scenario. Just gives you the opportunity to be smug in the face of disaster.” Rachel Harrison’s So Thirsty (Berkley 2024) was supposed to be my dedicated “spooky season” read, but I was too entrenched in Booker season to get to it. Oops. In allContinue reading “SO THIRSTY – Rachel Harrison”
A Girl Named Tommi 