A book-loving witch finds magic and mystery in a whimsical short story about the transformative power of friendship and community by the New York Times bestselling author of The Spellshop. After a challenging divorce, Ashley joins a witchy book club in search of a new social life. But when members ... more >
Dear Ms. Piazza: I came across this book shortly after reading Yesteryear and could not resist taking the plunge with what felt like the suspense version of that novel (FWIW, Everyone is Lying to You came out last year). This ended up being a pretty successful read. The novel opens ... more >
I read Winstead’s first three books, published in quick succession in 2021, 2022 and 2023. I liked the second a bit less than the first and the third much less than the previous two, so I took a break. It seems like she’s still publishing at a quick pace – ... more >
For fans of Carl Hiaasen and Elmore a fast-paced thriller about a young woman who reluctantly teams up with her deadbeat dad to find her missing mom, by the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Sh*t My Dad Says When Lila Dixon gets a call that her mother ... more >
Philip Marlowe meets Redwall in this superior adult noir tale, where all the characters are animals, fighting for survival in the city underneath the humans. In the solar cities of the future, the humans relax in the sun and the animals work in the shadows. Genetically engineered Little Helpers, serving ... more >
This is an overdue roundup of what I’ve read; it’s also uninspiring, with seven of the ten books being C range. The theme is “books that I didn’t think were that good and also were kind of depressing.” Wanting Daisy Dead by Sue Watson This was an Amazon First Read. ... more >