Worse Than A Lie, a Review by Susan
⚖️⚖️⚖️1/2 Worse Than a Lie Ben Crump Ballantine 358 Pages Goodreads/Amazon/Bookshop.org This is the first of a new series by a fledgling author, Ben Crump, about a civil rights attorney, Beau Lee Cooper. In this laudable debut, Cooper represents a … Continued
Where the Girls Were, a review by Shelley
👧🏻👧🏻👧🏻👧🏻 Where the Girls Were Kate Schatz Publication Date: March 3rd, 2026 Random House | The Dial Press 368 Pages Amazon | Goodreads | Bookshop.org Genre: General Fiction | Women’s Fiction This story is about a teenage girl named Elizabeth … Continued
Last Song Before Night; a Review by Mary
🌖🌖🌖🌖 Last Song Before Night 416 Pages Publisher: TOR Books Publication Date: September 29, 2015 This was an interesting story, it follows our main protagonist Lin in the city of Eivar. She has kept hidden her true past and … Continued
A Far-Flung Life, a review by Shelley
🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑 A Far-Flung Life M.L. Stedman Publication Date: March 3rd, 2026 Simon & Schuster Canada | Scribner 448 Pages Amazon | Goodreads | Bookshop.org Genre: General Fiction | Historical Fiction Another sheep book! This one takes place at a sheep … Continued
To His New Wife, a review by Susan
𓂃✍︎𓂃✍︎𓂃✍︎𓂃✍︎ 1/2 To His New Wife Willow Rose 314 pages Bookouture Goodreads/Amazon/ Bookshop.org This is my first book from this author with a very provocative name and it will not be my last. This was the first psychological thriller … Continued
Lady Tremaine, a review by Shelley
🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺 Lady Tremaine Rachel Hochhauser Publication Date: March 3rd, 2026 St. Martin’s Press 352 Pages Amazon | Goodreads | Bookshop.org Genre: Women’s Fiction I don’t usually read retellings or fantasy, but this was getting rave reviews from people I trust, … Continued
Want to Know a Secret?, a review by Shelley
🔪🔪1/2 Want to Know a Secret? Freida McFadden Publication Date: March 3rd, 2026 Poisoned Pen Press 368 Pages Amazon | Goodreads | Bookshop.org Genre: General Fiction | Mystery & Thrillers My very first Freida McFadden book! This is your typical … Continued
This Is Not About Us, a Review by Susan
🥯 🥯 1/2 This is Not About Us Allegra Goodman 310 Pages Random House/The Dial Press Goodreads/Amazon/Bookshop.org I was very torn about this book. I really wanted to love it; I had read Ms. Goodman’s books in the past and … Continued
A Good Animal, a review by Shelley
🐑🐑🐑1/2 A Good Animal Sara Maurer Publication Date: February 24th, 2026 St. Martin’s Press 288 Pages Amazon | Goodreads | Bookshop.org Genre: General Fiction | New Adult Set in Michigan during the mid-1990s, seventeen-year-old Everett Lindt loves working on his … Continued
Pinky Swear, a review by Shelley
🤙🤙1/2 Pinky Swear Danielle Girard Publication Date: February 24th, 2026 Atria Books | Emily Bestler Books 288 Pages Amazon | Goodreads | Bookshop.org Genre: General Fiction They’re calling this a pulse-pounding domestic thriller, but NetGalley has it listed as General … Continued