Mrs Death Misses Death is a short novel, but is moving, and at times, difficult to read due to the subject matter. It is exhausting being Mrs Death…
Author Archives: Jasmine Marchand
When We Lost Our Heads
When We Lost Our Heads by Heather O’Neill has a similar quality to it as when Marie Antoinette purportedly said, “Let them eat cake.”
Edgewood by Kristen Ciccarelli
Edgewood by Kristen Ciccarelli is a YA fantasy read brimming with an atmospheric and woodsy setting. Emeline Lark left the small town of Edgewood to try…
The Appeal by Janice Hallett
The Appeal by Janice Hallett is a modern take on the epistolary novel. It’s a murder mystery told through emails, text messages, and reports…
A Letter to Three Witches
A Letter to Three Witches is a lighthearted and fun read full of zany characters. Nearly a century ago, after a disastrous incident that lead to the Dustbowl…
The Saints of Swallow Hill
The Saints of Swallow Hill by Donna Everhart is the kind of historical fiction I love. Set during the Great Depression in the South, this tale…
The Secret by Debbie Howells
The Secret by Debbie Howells is a tense psychological thriller that kept me reading late into the night. In the village of Abingworth, everyone has a secret…
Such a Pretty Smile
Such a Pretty Smile by Kristi DeMeester is an enthusiastic middle finger to the patriarchy. It opens with a grisly description of a young girl found mutilate…
The Department of Rare Books and Special Collections
The Department of Rare Books and Special Collections by Eva Jurczyk is a cozy read with a dash of mystery.
Liesl Weiss has worked as a librarian…
Joan Is Okay by Weike Wang
Joan Is Okay is a short novel where not a lot happens, but a lot is brewing beneath the surface. Joan is in her mid-thirties and an ICU attending at a NYC ho…
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