Fiction

Welcome to the All Are Welcome by Liz Parker book tour! I’m happy to be a part of the tour for this summer read. Check out my review below! Synopsis Tiny McAllister never thought she’d get married. Not because she…

The Last Birthday Party is a forthcoming release from local Minnesota publisher Hadleigh House, and it was just a fun read all around. More details in my review below! Synopsis There’s nothing fabulous about 50 for L.A. film critic Jeremy…

Thank you so much to Turner Publishing and Melissa Scholes Young for the copy of The Hive for review! Summary: Melissa Scholes Young’s The Hive is a story about secrets, family, and bugs told through the perspective of five women.…

This book might just be one of my favorites of 2021! Stand by for a rave review of No Hiding in Boise by Kim Hooper. The Synopsis When Angie is awakened by a midnight call from an officer with the…

This was such a great read! I absolutely fell in love with Ann Garvin’s I Thought You Said This Would Work. Disclosure – We earn a small commission for any items purchased through the Amazon or Bookshop.org links below at…

We are Kathleen West fans here at Literary Quicksand, as she used to contribute! See her reviews and other posts here. So, I was so super excited to read her second book, Are We There Yet? and review it here…

This is the second big read by Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney. You’ve probably heard of her first book, The Nest! Although so many LOVE that book, I didn’t really 🤷. So, I was definitely intrigued to read Good Company to find…

When I first laid eyes on this book, I was right away pulled in by the pile of letters on the cover. Snail mail is so…romantic? Anway, the contents of the book lived up to the intriguing cover for me!…

About Hell and High Water • Paperback: 282 pages• Publisher: Level Best Books (March 31, 2020) Alaskan attorney Maeve Malloy isn’t sure she’s cut out to be a lawyer. All she wants is to be treated like everyone else. Hiding her past, she…

Welcome to my Nostalgic/New Review series! In this series of reviews, I revisit the books and authors that were influential in my teen and young adult years. 2020 has been a big year for publishing “blasts from the past!”  Previously,…