There’s something about the arrival of warmer weather that always puts me in the mood for a romantic comedy. Which is why, after experiencing exactly one warm day this spring, I felt compelled to crack open Katherine Center's upcoming release, The Shippers. This story was designed to be read outdoors and finished over a single,…
"A little blood runs down my neck, I rub at it. "That's not very saintly of you," I say. Her bite does not pain me overly much, but the shock of it has loosened my tongue. "'Tis thine own fault for believing me some meek, martyred maid. Now heed me, you wretched wench: On the…
'"What? Oh." A pause; Amira has never seen a river. "No--it's nothing like that when they fly above you. It's...a creaking, like a stove door with no squeak in it, as if the geese are machines dressed in flesh and feathers. It's a beautiful sound--beneath the honking it's a low drone, but if they're flying…
As a Rainbow Rowell fan, I was eager to get my hands on a copy of her upcoming release, Cherry Baby. Once I did, I truly could not put it down. Occasionally devastating and often hilarious, Cherry Baby will have you laughing out loud on one page and wiping tears away on the next. Rowell renders…
"The girls looked just like me: freckled, narrow faces, soil-dark hair, expressions prone to penetrating seriousness. Catch one of us in a pouting moment, and you'd be forgiven for summoning images of some sixteenth-century martyr on a hunger strike. As for the boys, they looked like Caleb: ruddy cheeks, big toothy smiles. When they were…
I can't resist reading a romance novel during February, and How to Write a Love Story by Catherine Walsh was the perfect pick for my romantic heart. It's the literary equivalent of a rom-com movie night: funny, charming, and completely bingeworthy. With its release coming up in early March, definitely keep this one on your…
"What a lovely home I found myself plummeting toward, acquiring, as I fell, arms, hands, legs, feet, all of which, as usual, became more substantial with each passing second. Below: a fountain. At the center of the fountain: a gold-plated statue. Of a dog. (Someone must have really loved that dog.) In the mouth of…
In the past few months, I’ve read some “heavy” books. Novels that addressed topics such as climate change, famine, and disease. So, I was in the mood for something that would give me joy, or at least a distraction. Enter: The Future Saints by Ashley Winstead. Grief, addiction, hope, fame, and acceptance do not…
I have not been able to stop thinking about Anatomy of an Alibi for weeks, and since today is release day, I couldn't help but share my thoughts. It's safe to say that Ashley Elston is back and here to deliver another edge-of-your-seat thriller that will make fans of her adult debut, First Lie Wins,…
"I like being older. I'd rather be me now, than me any age prior. But there is this heaviness to aging. Who I am was built on the shoulders of the person I was last year, and the year before, and before, and before. I'm not just thirty-three; I'm twenty-seven. I'm eighteen. I'm nine. I…
