Jane Austen's Bookshelf by Rebecca Romney
Is this book my platonic ideal of a non-fiction book? Maybe. Probably. So much so that I have in fact already ordered and received my own copy of the book. Why am I not rounding it up to 5? I don’t know. The topic was always likely to draw me in. Jane Austen's Bookshelf chronicles the women … [Read more]
A Divided Duty: An October Daye Novel (#20) by Seanan McGuire
Four months after the events of Silver and Lead, October “Toby” Daye is settling into motherhood once again, now the bonus of not having to hide her or her child's true nature from the other parent. Of course her life is even more dangerous now than it was when Gillian was young, so thankfully Toby … [Read more]
I Haunt it That Way by Isabelle Popp
I’ve really struggled with how to review I Haunt it That Way because I enjoyed it so much but it is a weird book. A weird book I loved, but difficult to describe. I Haunt it That Way is a ghost story and a romance. Like Popp's debut, Let's Give 'em Pumpkin to Talk About (which I also loved), it's … [Read more]
Nana 25th Anniversary Edition, vols 2-5 by Ai Yazawa
Cbr18 Bingo - You. You could meet a Takumi or someone hurt by one. You probably have. The first volume of Nana by Ai Yazawa sets up the (platonic?) love story between two roommates named Nana. The young women have nothing in common but their name, age, and mutual devotion. It's a sweet … [Read more]
The Club Dumas by Arturo Pérez-Reverte
I am going to be honest here. If I didn't need to read this book for a bingo game I am playing, I would have quit this after a few chapters. It's not a bad book or anything. It's just a lot of stuff being thrown at you. I would also say that if you haven't read works by Alexandre Dumas, Agatha … [Read more]
How Not to Rescue a Snail by Naseem Hrab and Kelly Collier
How to Be Brave Like a Snail by Naseem Hrab and Kelly Collier
In 2022 the book How to Party Like a Snail came out. Two years later How to Staycation Like a Snail arrived. In September 2026 we had the fourth book, How Not to Rescue a Snail and October 2025 gave us the third installment with How to Be Brave Like a Snail. All four books are created by Naseem Hrab … [Read more]
