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Favorite author alert! Ann Napolitano’s Dear Edward is a gorgeous book that I love, so I was really excited to read Hello Beautiful. With these two books, Napolitano has cemented herself among my favorite authors! The Summary William Waters grew…

The Gray Man is a novella that combines a historic legend, an approaching hurricane, and three characters living on Pawleys Island into a compelling story. The Summary  As Hurricane Caleb slams into the small town of Pawleys Island, South Carolina,…

What an incredibly captivating story. I highly suggest adding this one to your TBR list! Read on for my full review of Last Summer on State Street.

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,

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…

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!

The Candid Life of Meena Dave was a cuter book than I typically like, but this one was a pretty good pick for me. Read on for more of my review! The Summary Meena Dave is a photojournalist and a…

This is different for me, but I actually listened to The Last Story of Mina Lee on audiobook! I’d love to try out more audiobooks. It’s nice to be able to get something else done while reading at the same…

This was such beautiful book. Speak, Okinawa was our book club pick in May, and it was really an interesting one to discuss. The Synopsis Elizabeth’s mother was working as a nightclub hostess on U.S.-occupied Okinawa when she met the…