Literary Quicksand readers might remember my reviews of author Natalie Jenner’s first two novels: The Jane Austen Society and Bloomsbury Girls: two engaging, well-plotted books with interesting characters and fascinating glimpses into history. Jenner has a talent for creating hopeful …

A lot of fun was packed into this summer. But you know what? I’m ready for fall. I’m ready to break out my sweatshirts for cozy season. Hopefully, along with cozy season will come more time to read some great …

The Summary What if you could have one more day with someone you lost? Diana Merriman, a physical therapist, is probably the only person in the small town of Snow Haven, North Carolina, who isn’t looking forward to Christmas. It’s …

I read All the Lonely People by Mike Gayle for book club. I had heard great things about it, so I really was looking forward to diving in! Read on to see what I thought. The Summary In weekly phone …

Welcome to the book tour for Ann Garvin’s There’s No Coming Back from This! I was beyond excited to be invited to review this one because I adored I Thought You Said This Would Work. Was There’s No Coming Back …

Ah, summer. Here in Minnesota, we joke that we get 9 months of winter. It’s not always true, but sometimes it really feels like it takes forever to warm up in the spring, then cools off much to quickly in …

Pirates, weather magic, unpredictable and dangerous clairvoyants, sentient forests—somehow Dark Water Daughter manages to have it all. Here’s what I thought of H. M. Long’s new and stunningly unique high fantasy. The Summary Mary Firth has left her home for …

Science fiction looks at science or technology from the outside, asking important questions about the future, but usually treating real science as beside the point. Science-based fiction, in contrast, doesn’t look at science—it uses science to look.