book review

Why: I was intrigued by the trailer for the upcoming motion picture version of The Light Between Oceans and heard it mentioned that it was adapted from a New York Times Bestseller. When I looked up the book and saw the …

What a weird coincidence. I had just finished Peter Swanson’s The Kind Worth Killing a day before I received his newest novel, Her Every Fear, in the mail from TLC Book Tours. I hadn’t realized either book was written by …

Why: I love learning about World War II. There is something about “the greatest generation” of Americans and the military stories from the war that makes me pine for simpler times and a united togetherness in our country. (The world too, …

I have to admit, I cheated a little on this review. When I saw Orphan Train on a book tour list ahead of Kline’s upcoming new release, A Piece of the World, I had to choose them both, even though …

In December, I started going to Minneapolis’ Books and Bars. I probably don’t need to add another book club to my already busy schedule, but this one is just too much fun! Books and Bars takes book club discussion to …

Why: Road to Paradise by Paullina Simons piqued my interest because my friends and I took a road trip the summer after high school, just as Shelby sets out to do. (Shout out to our fearless LQ Leader, Joli for sitting in …

I’m having a serious like-dislike relationship with Amor Towles’s A Gentleman in Moscow. While I really loved parts of it, there were parts I really disliked too. A Gentleman in Moscow begins in post-WWI Russia. It opens in a courtroom, …

The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) has long been criticized for being pretentious and elitist with a touch of sexism. But it has also been praised and continues to be praised as one of the most significant publications in history. Dictionaries …

Where to begin?! I absolutely adored this book. It’s full of interesting women, clever observations, and examines important issues regarding women in the 1950s. I had never heard of it before, and read it completely on a whim when it …

Steve Martin is one of my all-time favorite comedians and actors. As a 90s kid, I grew up watching Father of the Bride (Parts I and II), Bowfinger, and more. I love Martin as bumbling detective Clouseau in The Pink …