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Want to read a book that’ll steal your heart? The Guncle is a great choice for that! The Guncle came highly recommended and, therefore, was a highly anticipated read for me. The verdict? It didn’t disappoint.

This story had me just rapt the whole time. I wasn’t prepared for just how harrowing Faleeha’s tale would be! I think I (and most of my fellow Americans probably) have no idea how the war impacted the people of Iraq. This was such an eye-opening book,

What do you read in the summer? What qualifies as a beach read to you? I’m not really into contemporary romance, so my reading choices don’t change a whole lot between the seasons.

Anyway, here’s what some of us read in July! What was the best book you read last month?

So much Young Adult Fiction published in the last three to five years takes place in the time of Camelot, Vikings and Charlemagne. What’s not to love about castles and kings, knights and the possibility of a magical being?

The Boys is one of those books that’s going to stick in my head for a long time. It’s also a book that I’m going to be recommending to my friends and family! In fact, my mother-in-law already read it, couldn’t put it down, and loved it.

When I got an email about this book, I knew it needed a feature here on Literary Quicksand. It’s written by a local author here where I live in Minnesota, and is set by Lake Superior, which is where I…

Welcome to the book tour for A Dress of Violet Taffeta by Tessa Arlen! This was a very interesting 2022 historical fiction read that I think you’ll enjoy reading about. The Summary Lucy Duff Gordon knows she is talented. She…

I felt so lucky to have been approved on NetGalley for Now is Not the Time to Panic after having read and loved Nothing to See Here. I actually saved this one for a time when I felt like I needed a really good book…it was so highly anticipated for me.

I’m very happy to report that I was not let down at all. What an incredible story! It was just so captivating.

Honestly, this is going to be a hard book for me to review because I just loved it, but I’ll do my best!

Whew! Summer is in full swing, and I don’t know about you, but I’m finding less time to read! Summer fun is like a full-time job sometimes 😅. At any rate, here’s what a few of us read in June.…

There’s just something special about a sci-fi or fantasy novel that delivers all the action you’d expect from the genre… mixed with a hefty pinch of humor. If you also appreciate some laugh-out-loud moments in your sci-fi or fantasy reads, this list is for you!