Book Reviews

Before I picked up Other People’s Houses, I wondered if I possibly needed to read yet another book about the secrets and personal lives of the occupants of a suburban neighborhood. It turns out that if it is written by …

Life is a little weird right now, but one thing remains the same: our love of reading. Here’s what some of us are currently reading. How about you? Are you finding comfort in books? Cathy I’m currently reading A Prison …

While I like to keep my “work books” (as a school librarian) and my “home books” (aka those written for adults) generally separate, I’ve found myself reading and enjoying several middle grade novels lately. If you’re looking for a whimsical …

Every once in a while, you find a book that knocks you to your knees and shakes you to your core. A book that teaches you valuable life lessons and makes you rethink the way you view yourself and the …

When a book has a 4.52/5 rating on Goodreads with over 19,000 ratings, I expect to be drawn in and moved by it. The Things We Cannot Say met those expectations! Basically any time I was not reading this book, …

Have you ever looked at a picture of a dish from a fancy restaurant, or maybe you’ve had this thought when eating at one yourself, and wondered why the portions are so small? After all, if you’re presumably shelling out …

When then-LQ contrib Kathleen told me she needed to stop writing for LQ so she could focus on the book she was writing, I was sad for us, but thrilled for her. While I expected her to be an awesome …

Two of my three first reviews for this site were mysteries and, especially when you consider the third one was a cookbook, that says something about my reading habits right now. For me, the appeal of mysteries has always been …

The Summary Young adult writer Maureen Johnson crafted the world of the Truly Devious trilogy over three books: Truly Devious, The Vanishing Stair, and The Hand on the Wall. All three feature as aspiring detective and high school student Stevie …

The Summary With their mom off to rehab and their dad unknown to them since birth, twins Ellery and Ezra are left with their grandmother in the small town of Echo Ridge, living in the house where their mother and …