Robbie Finch and her found family of fellow lady criminals are weathering tyranny from a theocratic patriarchal rule. Their resistance movement is interrupted when they get word that her niece is in trouble. Disguising themselves as penitents on a religious pilgrimage to a powerful enemy city, the ladies set out on a rescue mission. Along…
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The Other Bennet Sister by Janice Hadlow: Book Review
Mary, the bookish ugly duckling of Pride and Prejudice’s five Bennet sisters, emerges from the shadows and transforms into a desired woman with choices of her own. What if Mary Bennet’s life took a different path from that laid out for her in Pride and Prejudice? What if the frustrated intellectual of the Bennet family, the marginalized…
Pick a Color by Souvankham Thammavongsa: Book Review
From O. Henry Award winner and two-time Giller Prize winner Souvankham Thammavongsa comes a revelatory novel about loneliness, love, labor, and class, an intimate and sharply written book following a nail salon owner as she toils away for the privileged clients who don’t even know her true name. “I live in a world of Susans. I…
What I’m Reading: June 2025
June was a pretty light reading month for me! It was super busy with travel, family time, and hanging out in the pool, so I didn’t get as much reading done as usual! But I did manage to squeeze in 8 books, although a couple of them were pretty short, probably more likely to be…
Reading Round-Up: April 2025
Hey book buddies! April was WILD on the reading front – I devoured a record-breaking 11 books! My usual 5-6 book pace got supercharged thanks to my new audiobook obsession (where has this been all my life?!). From fantasy gems like J.D. Evans’ Ice & Ivy and Brandon Sanderson’s Tress of the Emerald Sea to…
What I’m Reading: February 2024
Now that February is over (or at least almost over, since it’s February 29!), let’s talk about what I read this month! While I didn’t read a ton in February, I’m still super excited that I read four books in total! I had a very busy month with a lot of traveling and some new…
