Category Archives: Format

American Predator, by Maureen Callahan (audio)

Posted on March 13, 2023 by Amanda

Subtitle: The Hunt for the Most Meticulous Serial Killer of the 21st Century Israel Keyes was a serial killer active all across the US during the 2000s, before he was caught in early 2012. He was meticulous and calculating, and … Continue reading →

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The Spite House, by Johnny Compton

Posted on March 10, 2023 by Amanda

Eric and his two daughters are on the run. From what? We don’t know. All we know is that they need safety and off-the-books money, and they think they’ve found that by applying to become caretakers of a supposedly-haunted house … Continue reading →

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Little White Lies, by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

Posted on March 6, 2023 by Amanda

I don’t usually buy books that I haven’t already read except under very specific circumstances (like knowing the author and their books very well). I’ve made an exception to that rule a few times over the last three years for … Continue reading →

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Lavender House, by Lev AC Rosen (audio)

Posted on March 3, 2023 by Amanda

When Andy Mills is outed and kicked off the police force in 1950s San Francisco, he doesn’t think life has much left in store for him. Then he’s approached by a rich woman who wants him to investigate the murder … Continue reading →

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City of Nightmares, by Rebecca Schaeffer

Posted on February 21, 2023 by Amanda

From Goodreads, because this is hands down one of the most intriguing descriptions for a book that I’ve ever laid eyes on: Ever since her sister became a man-eating spider and slaughtered her way through town, nineteen-year-old Ness has been … Continue reading →

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The Writing Retreat, by Julia Bartz

Posted on February 17, 2023 by Amanda

Alex has had writer’s block for a year, ever since she and her best friend Wren had a devastating friend-breakup. Now she’s been invited to her favorite author’s estate for a month-long intensive writing retreat, and she couldn’t be more … Continue reading →

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Spells For Forgetting, by Adrienne Young (audio)

Posted on February 10, 2023 by Amanda

August hasn’t been back to the island of Saoirse since he left with his mother after he was accused of killing one of his classmates right after graduation. His mother is dead now, and her last request was to bury … Continue reading →

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The Spare Man, by Mary Robinette Kowal

Posted on January 30, 2023 by Amanda

Tesla Crane is on her honeymoon, a cruise to Mars. She revels in her anonymity with a spoofed ID and appearance, no bodyguards to surround her and give her away. But only a few days into what’s meant to be … Continue reading →

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Good for a Girl, by Lauren Fleshman (audio)

Posted on January 25, 2023 by Amanda

Subtitled: A Woman Running in a Man’s World Fleshman is a retired world-class professional runner, and this book is both her memoir and a treatise on the way women are approached and treated in the sports and running world. In … Continue reading →

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The Book Eaters, by Sunyi Dean

Posted on January 20, 2023 by Amanda

Excerpt from the book jacket: Out on the Yorkshire moors lives a secret line of people for whom books are food, and who retain all of a book’s content after eating it… Devon is part of the Family, an old … Continue reading →

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