The Rushworth Family Plot: A Mr. Darcy & Miss Tilney Mystery (#4) by Claudia Gray
To condemn the female of the species for frivolity while simultaneously limiting her to frivolity is patently unjust, and yet grievously common. Jonathan Darcy and Juliet Tilney understand each other (and their own hearts) perfectly; it's a pity their families do not. A series of misunderstandings, … [Read more]
The Mysterious Benedict Society: 10th Anniversary Edition by Trenton Lee Stewart; illustrated by Carson Ellis
“Are you a gifted child looking for special opportunities?” So reads an ad in the local newspaper. Dozens of children and are put through a series of increasingly strange and difficult tests, which you the reader get to take along with them. Only four children—two boys and two girls—succeed. … [Read more]
Secrets of Blackthorn Hall: An Illustrated Shadowhunter Novel by Cassandra Clare; ilustrated by Cassandra Jean
When the Blackthorn great-aunt dies, to the surprise of everyone she leaves her house in England to Julian, with the proviso he has five years to fix it up before ownership reverts to the Clave. So off Julian and Emma go to merry old England, to deal with large spiders, piles of dust, gnome … [Read more]
The Child Catchers: Rescue, Trafficking, and the New Gospel of Adoption by Kathryn Joyce
Relinquished: The Politics of Adoption and the Privilege of American Motherhood by Gretchen Sisson
I grew up in a small town in the Midwest. It's in a very religious area (the nearby city is literally nicknamed "City of Churches"), and one thing I noticed after I left was how many of my former classmates, after marrying and settling down, had adopted children from other countries. Offhand, I can … [Read more]
Sleight of Hand: An Alewives of Colmar Mystery (#2) by Elizabeth R. Andersen
It is now 1354, and in the Alsatian village of Colmar Efi, Appel, and Grita's ale business is going extremely prosperously: that is until Efi founds a hand in their ale cauldron; a hand without a body. A hand that apparently belongs to someone from Vogelgrun, a village quite a distance from … [Read more]
Margo's Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe
Nowhere Book Bingo 26: Adapted into movie or TV show (on Apple+ now) 19-year-old Margo Millet has an ill-advised affair with her English professor at college and gets pregnant. Against the advice of absolutely everyone, including her mother (a former Hooters waitress), she decides to keep it. … [Read more]
