Cover Story by Mhairi McFarlane
I've read many books by Mhairi McFarlane and really enjoyed most of them. So, when I saw she had a new book out, Cover Story (2025), I knew I was going to read it. McFarlane writes romance-centric novels but with more developed characters and storylines than you sometimes see in your flimsier … [Read more]
Skipshock by Caroline O'Donoghue
I really enjoyed this first book in a planned duology. At first it seems like a portal fantasy. Margo is heading to a boarding school in Ireland, when all of a sudden the train she is on changes, and she finds herself in a different world and in the company of salesman Moon. Chapters alternate POVs … [Read more]
Aunty Lee's Delights (Singaporean Mystery #1) by Ovidia Yu
I was in Singapore for a week so I decided to look up Singaporean books to expand my understanding a little bit. It needed to be something I could read on an airplane, and it needed to be very Singapore. I landed on Aunty Lee's Delights after seeing Ovidia Yu's name come up in several "Must-Read: … [Read more]
A Marriage at Sea: A True Story of Love, Obsession, and Shipwreck by Sophie Elmhirst
I am attempting this year to read more non-fiction, so I picked this one up mostly because Barack Obama told me to. Maralyn and Maurice were a bit of an odd couple (he was many years her senior, and a bit of a recluse; she was a young and beautiful dynamo) who married in the late 60s/early 70s in … [Read more]
The Marsh Fellows by Anna-Laura Sullivan
Once upon a time a young girl liked to read. She grew up to be an adult (physically) who liked to read. And one day, due to an email she received saying, “Sign up for a chance to win these books” she did. And she won several online reader copies from IDW Comics & Entertainment and Top Shelf … [Read more]
The Do-Over by Lynn Painter
My second read of the year comes from the long-standing tradition between my spouse and me: At the end of each year, we jot down five books for the other person to read over the upcoming year. I confess that The Do-Over was from the 2024 list, but in the spirit of the book, I thought I should go … [Read more]
