To celebrate International Women’s Day, I’m sharing some of my favorite books written by women. Part of me always always knew that I would be a writer one day. I love books, and stories have guided me my entire life. But there was another part of me that didn’t understand why I would write, or … More Nine Books by Women for International Women’s Day
Spaceships. Aliens. Found family. A character-centric science fiction novel with a diverse set of characters. … More Review: The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers
Everything I read in 2023. … More My 2023 in Books
Mary Catharine “Merricat” Blackwood lives an isolated life in a large house with her older sister Constance and their Uncle Julian. Six years prior, Merricat and Constance’s family was poisoned and Constance was accused yet acquitted of committing the murders. … More Review: We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
Percy teams back up with Annabeth and Grover as they race around NYC doing immortal favors. … More Review: Percy Jackson and the Olympians: Chalice of the Gods
It’s not just enemies-to-lovers in Thea Guanzon’s The Hurricane Wars. Be prepared for a wild ride of enemies-to-conspirators-to-enemies-to-allies-to-friends-to-adversaries-to…who knows? … More Review: The Hurricane Wars by Thea Guanzon
The stage has been set, and the final match is about to be played. In The Final Gambit, the third of The Inheritance Games series by Jennifer Lynn Barnes, teen protagonist Avery Kylie Grambs is about to finally claim the fortune bequeathed to her and become a billionaire. … More Review: The Final Gambit by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Carrie thinks she is done with her competitive career. But six years into retirement, Carrie finds her records overtaken by the talented Nicki Chan. At thirty-seven, Carrie’s odds of making a successful comeback to reclaim her title are slim. She’ll have to resume training with her father and learn how to achieve greatness in her changed body. But Carrie has never backed down from an impossible challenge. Carrie Soto launches a legendary comeback. … More Review: Carrie Soto Is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid
A graphic novel reimagines Alcott’s greatest work, and sets the fearless Jo March on the quest of surviving eight grade. … More Review – Jo: An Adaptation of Little Women (Sort Of) by Kathleen Gros
Happy Place by Emily Henry For those who are longing for east coast summers, desperately waiting for the third season of The Summer I Turned Pretty to be announced, and listening to the new wistful version of Taylor Swift’s “august” that’s taking over social media, Emily Henry’s Happy Place is the perfect summer read for … More Review: Happy Place by Emily Henry
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