Publication Date: March 7, 2023 Publisher: Atria Books Pages: 288 Genre: Contemporary Rating: 1/5 *Thank you to the publishers and Netgalley for providing me with an ARC in exchange for my honest review. As soon as I heard The Golden Spoon described as a mix between Clue and The Great British Bake Off it instantly… Continue reading The Golden Spoon by Jesse Maxwell

Publication Date: November 8, 2011 Publisher: Scribner Pages: 849 Genre: Historical Fiction Rating: 5/5 11/22/63 is a character driven, time travel, historical fiction surrounding the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Ultimately though, it is a story about our protagonist, Jake, as he navigates living life in the past. King did a great job making… Continue reading 11/22/63 by Stephen King

Thank you to the publisher for providing me with an ARC in exchange for my honest review. Publication Date: March 1, 2023 Publisher: Thomas & Mercer Pages: 318 Genre: Horror, Psychological Rating: 4/5 Mothered is a psychological horror set during the early days of Covid. Grace is a hairdresser who is having a hard time… Continue reading Mothered by Zoje Stage

Publication Date: March 26, 2019 Publisher: Penguin Books Pages: 462 Genre: Historical Fiction Rating: 5/5 A Gentleman in Moscow is a beautifully told story that follows our narrator, Rostov, from when he is sentenced by the Russian government to house arrest in a luxurious hotel and his life from then. This historical fiction was engrossing,… Continue reading A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles

Publication Date: September 5, 2017 Publisher: Graywolf Press Pages: 96 Genre: Poetry Rating: 5/5 Don't Call Us Dead is a powerful collection of poetry by Danez Smith that deals with police brutality on Black people, sexuality, and Smith's HIV diagnosis. This collection of mostly short poems are brilliant and evocatively told. Smith's anger, despair, and… Continue reading Don’t Call Us Dead by Danez Smith

The final book in the Juniper Holiday series was released on Saturday and like every other book in this series I flew through it in less than a day. Which is a testament to how easy and engaging they are to read but also because they are all novella length stories. But that is the… Continue reading Juniper Holiday Cozy Mystery Series Review

Publication Date: July 4, 2019 Publisher: Biblioasis Pages: 1020 Genre: Literary Fiction Rating: 4/5 Content Warning: click here Ducks, Newburyport is a thousand page odyssey that firmly entrenches the reader into the mind of our nameless protagonist who is a stay at home baker, mom of four, and is dealing with the anxieties and stresses… Continue reading Ducks, Newburyport by Lucy Ellmann