The Editor by Steven Rowley

 

So much fun.

Stone Yard Devotional by Charlotte Wood

 

Meh 

Silver State by Gabriel Urza

 

Interesting.

Chemistry by Weike Wang

 

Trailbreaker by Ruthie Knox and Annie Mare

 

I hate to be mean, but: this book reads as if you asked an LLM to generate a mystery novel. All the boxes are checked, but there is nothing, well, novel here.

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The Great Shadow by Susan Wise Bauer

 

I have been a Susan Wise Bauer fangirl forever, but this book still completely exceeded by expectations. It was just so interesting. Highly recommended.

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The Celebrants by Steven Rowley

 

Rowley is quickly becoming one of my favorites.

Woke Up This Morning by Michael Imperioli and Steve Schirripa

 

So much fun.

Murder Your Darlings by Jenna Blum

 Decent.

The Third Rule of Time Travel by Philip Fracassi

 

meh

Meet the Newmans by Jennifer Niven

 

Fun to read mostly, but the facile resolution of social issues just didn't ring true.

City of Likes by Jenny Mollen

 

I'm getting tired of people mocking influencers. I see it as part of a larger trend of attacking anything women/girls like and/or ways that women have found to make money given social constraints.

Grave on Grand Avenue by Naomi Hirahara

 

One of my favorite mystery series.

Detour by Jeff Rake and Rob Hart

 

A fun read, but it should be illegal to end a book with zero resolution and just teeing up the sequel.

Murder Mindfully by Karsten Dusse

 

This is one of the funniest books I have ever read -- it was an excellent send-up of wellness culture as well as hyperparenting.

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The Fair Weather Friend by Jessie Garcia

This was basically pretty good, but as is often the case, there was just one too many coincidences. 

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