Where Fiction and Reality Meet
Title: The Taking of Jake Livingston Author: Ryan Douglass Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons Length: 255 Pages Category: YA, Paranormal Thriller, Horror Rating: 5 Stars Content Warnings: See below as part of my review At a Glance: The Taking of Jake Livingston is a tour de force of horror, an absolute spectacle of storytelling, and the... Continue Reading →
Title: Bath Haus Author: P.J. Vernon Publisher: Doubleday/Random House Length: 305 Pages Category: Thriller Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: Bath Haus is one of the best Thrillers I’ve had the intense pleasure to read in quite some time. For readers who love to dig into what makes a character tick, this book is rife... Continue Reading →
Title: Playing the Palace Author: Paul Rudnick Publisher: Berkley/Penguin Random House Length: 269 Pages Category: Contemporary Romance Rating: 4.5 Stars At a Glance: What an absolutely funny, charming, warm and heartfelt lightning-strike of a love story Playing the Palace is. This book will undoubtedly go down as one of my favorite feel-good romances of the... Continue Reading →
Title: Nighthawking Series: A Detective Sergeant Adam Tyler Novel: Book Two Author: Russ Thomas Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons Length: 383 Pages Category: Murder Mystery Rating: 4 Stars At a Glance: As I was reading Nighthawking, I wasn’t sure I loved it as much as Firewatching. Turns out, in the end, I wasn’t quite as awed,... Continue Reading →
Title: Date Me, Bryson Keller Author: Kevin van Whye Publisher: Penguin/Random House Length: 336 Pages Category: Young Adult Romance At a Glance: Date Me, Bryson Keller is one of the finest Young Adult novels I've read in quite some time. It's funny, poignant, heartfelt and genuine. I loved it all the more for its honesty... Continue Reading →
Title: Firewatching Series: A Detective Sergeant Adam Tyler Novel: Book One Author: Russ Thomas Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons/Penguin Random House Length: 368 Pages Category: Mystery/Suspense, Investigative Procedural At a Glance: If you love a good mystery and investigative procedural with plenty of twists, turns, and intrigue, Firewatching is a sure bet. Simply put, there's nothing... Continue Reading →
Title: The Last Sun Series: The Tarot Sequence: Book One Author: K. D. Edwards Publisher: Pyr/Penguin Random House Length: 367 Pages Category: Urban Fantasy At a Glance: Clever, unique, charming and action-packed, I was hooked on this book from beginning to end and would recommend it without reservation to anyone who loves Urban Fantasy. Reviewed... Continue Reading →
Title: The Immortalists Author: Chloe Benjamin Publisher: G.P. Putnam’s Sons/Penguin Publishing Length: 352 Pages Category: Literary Fiction At a Glance: Cerebrate and not lacking in pathos, author Chloe Benjamin persuades readers to confront the concept of freewill and the inevitability of our own mortality, entwining it in the complexity of familial bonds and our sense... Continue Reading →
Title: Idyll Threats: A Thomas Lynch Novel Author: Stephanie Gayle Publisher: Seventh Street Books/Penguin Random House Length: 283 Pages Category: Murder Mystery At a Glance: Idyll Threats is excellent, right up there among some of the best I’ve read in the genre. Reviewed By: Lisa Blurb: In the summer of 1997, Thomas Lynch arrives as... Continue Reading →
Title: Beast Author: Brie Spangler Publisher: Knopf Books Length: 305 Pages Category: Young Adult/Teen Fiction At a Glance: One of the best YA trans stories I’ve read all year. Reviewed By: Ben Blurb: Tall, meaty, muscle-bound, and hairier than most throw rugs, Dylan doesn’t look like your average fifteen-year-old, so, naturally, high school has not... Continue Reading →
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