Reviewed by M. Koopmans, January 2022
Six of Crows is a young adult fantasy novel that takes place in the same literary universe as the Shadow and Bone series. This novel depicts the lives of 6 teenagers, Kaz, Inej, Nina, Jasper, Wylan, and Matthias, who are hired to break… Read more
Reviewed by R. Yelk, December 2021
This story covers three decades of anti-Soviet jihad, civil war and Taliban tyranny seen from the perspectives of two women. Mariam - the scorned illegitimate daughter of a wealthy businessman, forced at age fifteen into marrying Rasheed, who grows increasingly brutal when she fails to produce a child. Eighteen years… Read more
Reviewed by R. Yelk, December 2021
The novel is set in a village in Puritan New England, following the story of Hester Prynne, a young woman who has borne a child out of wedlock. Hester believes herself a widow, but her husband, Roger Chillingworth, arrives in New England very much alive and conceals his identity. He finds his wife forced to wear the… Read more
Reviewed by B. Ullsvik, November 2021
Michael Brock is a lawyer for the firm Drake and Sweeney, a huge law firm in D.C. Michael is on his way to becoming a top-notch lawyer, there is even talk of him becoming a partner. But one day, a homeless man walked into the building and held eight men hostage. He gave a speech about the homeless, and how these… Read more
Reviewed by B. Ullsvik, November 2021
Frannie O’Neill is a veterinarian working in Colorado. Many years ago, her husband mysteriously died, haunting her to this day. Out of the blue, another murder happens, under the radar of the local people. This leads to FBI agent Kit Harrington on her doorstep. They stay out of each other’s way, even though… Read more
Reviewed by B. Ullsvik, November 2021
To start the book off, we learn that one missing girl case rocked the town of Cooley Ridge. 10 years later, it happened again. Nic hasn’t been home since the first missing girl case, and there’s a reason she hasn’t returned to her hometown. She doesn’t want the old wounds and scars to open… Read more
Reviewed by A. Klink, September 2021
Naomi Nakane has just learned about her uncle’s death. She travels home to check on her grandmother; the woman who practically raised her. While at her aunt’s cottage she finds memories in the attic, which cause her to reminisce about the full life she had lived with Obasan: the life as a Japanese Canadian during… Read more
Reviewed by A. Klink, September 2021
This thriller is a work of nonfiction which transports the reader to the World's Fair in Chicago, 1893. Larson throws the reader between two storylines: architect Daniel Burnham, and serial killer HH Holmes. Burnham is frantically attempting to manage the fair’s construction amidst worker strikes and budget… Read more
Reviewed by A. Klink, September 2021
The novel, Their Eyes Were Watching God, written by Zora Neale Hurston is a work about the African American population in the early 20th century. The book follows Janie around southern Florida as she moves from husband to husband. Searching for true love and escaping commanding husbands, Janie searches for one… Read more
Reviewed by S. Cox, Sept. 2021
“A Muslim and an aetheist walk into a pagan afterlife…” -Samirah “Sam” al-Abbas, Valkyrie
Magnus Chase is 16 years old. He’s homeless and likes falafel. He’s got two friends who are also homeless, Blitz and Hearth, who is deaf. Magnus also happens to have a very rich uncle who gives him an ancient… Read more