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Fairy Godmothers Inc., while perhaps not the most original concept, certainly wins the award for...
Alex Finlay's Every Last Fear was heralded as the 'most anticipated book of the year' and it's...
Mary Yoder's mysterious death is an obscure case in the world of true crime. It is, nevertheless,...
Minera Spencer's new romance novel, Notorius, does not seem to add anything new to an already...
Julie Carrick Dalton's debut novel, Waiting for the Night Song, seems like an emotional story...
Sarah Gailey has a talent for taking a common genre element and subverting it. I very much...
David Yoon's writing is entertaining and easy to read. His narrator begins the story by breaking...
Mateo Askaripour has a colorful way of writing. His descriptions are rich in detail and the...
All That Was will appeal to a niche group of readers who enjoy dual timeline historical fiction....
The Rib King takes place in the early 1900s, during the Jim Crow era. The Barclays, a formerly...
I'm generally apprehensive of "copycat" books because they never seem to measure up to the...
Aside from the title reminding me of that boppy Carly Rae Jepsen earworm, the premise of Now That...
In Skyhunter, the stakes are high: life and die, not just for the protagonist but for her people....
Contrary to the bright and cheery cover, Judge's Girls starts off on a depressing note--with a...
Corrupted Humours is different from the books that usually pop up on Bookish First. I was...
Blunt Force suffers from what I like to call "Hollywood writing" in that initial character...
In a market oversaturated with self-help and leadership guides, Learn, Improve, Master by...
What happens when your sexual identity goes against your religion, your culture, and your...
Loss and grief are common themes of Nina LaCour's works, and Watch Over Me seems to continue the...
Guy Raz has made a name for himself in the podcasting world through his wildly successful NPR...
The Companion by Katie Alender strikes me as a slow burn thriller. Within the first couple of...
I'm not familiar with Andrew Diamond's other works, but apparently he is a very popular (and...
The Sushi Prophecies reminds me of Ernest Cline's Ready Player One in that it is constantly...
I was beyond thrilled when I heard that Christopher Paolini was releasing a new book,...
Although Jasper DeWitt's The Patient takes place in the modern day, in many respects it reminds...
Ikenga, according to Wikipedia, is a type of spirit found in Nigerian culture. Literally meaning...
The Suicide House grabs your attention from the start, opening with a serial killer's account of...
Matt Wallace has created a fascinating universe in his latest fantasy novel Savage Legion. He...
Jo and Laurie is a non-canon sequel to Louisa May Alcott's seminal classic Little Women. It can...
Mikel Jollett experienced an incredibly unique upbringing, being raised within a cult that was...
A Good Marriage starts strong, with a prologue that promises mystery and murder. The chapters...
As a longtime fan of zombie movies (Shaun of the Dead and Zombieland rank as some of my favorite...
Does anyone remember the 2016 film Passengers, co-starring Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt?...
Judging by the back cover blurb, The Orphan Collector has a fairly complicated premise but one...
Laura Zimmermann's writing reminds me a lot of Meg Cabot and Megan McCafferty, who were the...
Reading the first few chapters of Sandie Jones's The Half Sister, I'm reminded of the following...
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