The Seven Skins of Esther Wilding by Holly Ringland
Last year, when I started asking local booksellers to recommend the best thing they'd read that month, Esther Wilding was one of the recommendations I eschewed in order to pick up a YA novel instead (These Hollow Vows; it was a good call at the time). Instead, we picked this up just after … [Read more]
The Body Lies by Jo Baker
When a young writer accepts a job at a university in the remote English countryside, it's meant to be a fresh start, away from the bustle of London and the scene of a violent assault she is desperate to forget. But despite the distractions of her new life and the demands of single motherhood, her … [Read more]
Hell Bent by Leigh Bardugo
Find a gateway to the underworld. Steal a soul out of hell. A simple plan, except people who make this particular journey rarely come back. But Galaxy “Alex” Stern is determined to break Darlington out of purgatory―even if it costs her a future at Lethe and at Yale. Forbidden from attempting a … [Read more]
Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo
Galaxy “Alex” Stern is the most unlikely member of Yale’s freshman class. Raised in the Los Angeles hinterlands by a hippie mom, Alex dropped out of school early and into a world of shady drug dealer boyfriends, dead-end jobs, and much, much worse. By age twenty, in fact, she is the sole survivor of … [Read more]
Five Survive by Holly Jackson
As the family's Designated Reader, I usually make a note of who the book is destined for - The Best Niece in Australia gets the quality YA, my brother gets most Fantasy, and anything involving violent death and appropriate comeuppance has Mum and Nan written all over it. Everyone in Five Survive … [Read more]
Marigold and Rose by Louise Glück
She-Hulk #8 by Rainbow Rowell
She-Hulk #9 by Rainbow Rowell
The other day I went to pick up the puppy-corn bucket we'd painted for our dog Winston at Color Me Mine and decided to stop at the Target up there while I was out, since I needed a couple things. When the Starbucks inside somehow didn't have a functioning coffee machine, my dumb ass decided to jet … [Read more]
