A Lullaby for Witches by Hester Fox is a wonderfully atmospheric and magical novel. Augusta Podos is tired of her job as a tour guide for a historic jail…
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Mrs Death Misses Death
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…
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…
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…
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…
The Latinist by Mark Prins
The Latinist by Mark Prins requires patience, and possibly, a love for Antiquity. I have an abundance of the latter, but not always the former.
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