Memorial Days by Geraldine Brooks
I saw Memorial Days (2025) by Geraldine Brooks on a number of year-end lists. I wasn't sure I wanted to read a book about grief, but there was something about the description that made me want to give it a try. This was my first book by Brooks, but I really enjoyed her writing. I thought she was … [Read more]
Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse
Dark Corner selection - February 26 Defeat the Goblin - The pebble book - a book that was gifted to you Monthly Keyword 26: Sun Nowhere Book Bingo 26: A book with multiple POVs Read the Rainbow: Black This is a book with a number of different POV characters. There is Serapio, a blind young … [Read more]
My Pigeon Familiar (Magical Misfits #1) by Bridget E. Baker
This cannot be happening. Maybe it’s a bizarre dream. But even in a dream, there’s no way that I can possibly let a pigeon sleep on my bed. It’s like having a flying cockroach in my bed. Just, no. I try to shoo it away, grimacing as my fingers touch its grey and black wings. I tell myself it’s a … [Read more]
The Night Librarian by Christopher Lincoln
The New York Public Library has a secret. After hours, a group of librarians called The Night Librarians make sure book characters stay put in their books. You see, the older a book is, the more bored its characters are of reliving the same old story day after day. So the Night Librarians make sure … [Read more]
So Old, So Young by Grant Ginder
If I had to say something in it's favor, I guess I'd tell you that I flew through Grant Ginder's So Old, So Young, a novel about college friends that follows them from their days just after graduating from the University of Pennsylvania into their forties. Of course, that's largely because of how … [Read more]
Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger
Ordinary Grace is a coming-of-age-novel about a thirteen year-old boy named Frank living in a small town in Minnesota in 1961. It covers the events of a summer marked by tragedy, in the form of accidents, suicide, and (possibly) murder. Frank's father is the local minister, so he gets a front row … [Read more]
