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When Poppy discovers unanswered messages from a charming stranger in her late sister’s dating app, she makes an impulsive choice: She’ll meet him, just once, on what would have been Dandelion’s fortieth birthday. It’s exactly the kind of wild adventure her vivacious sister would have pushed her toward. Jake is ready to find something real—and… Continue reading Dandelion is Dead by Rosie Storey
Sophie Cousens returns with another imaginative and heartfelt story that blends emotional realism with a speculative twist. And Then There Was You follows thirty-one-year-old Chloe Fairway, whose life hasn’t exactly gone according to plan. She’s living at home with her parents, stuck in a production assistant job, and still reeling from a painful breakup. The… Continue reading And Then There Was You by Sophie Cousens
What a fun and quirky debut to a new cozy mystery series! Catherine Mack delivers a sharp, witty story that’s equal parts murder mystery and playful satire of the publishing world. Set against the gorgeous backdrop of Italy, the book follows bestselling author Eleanor Dash on a book tour filled with more drama than any… Continue reading Every Time I Go on Vacation, Someone Dies by Catherine Mack
Annie Hartnett’s The Road to Tender Hearts is the kind of novel that sneaks up on you—in the best way possible. It’s quirky, warm, unexpectedly moving, and just the type of story I didn’t know I needed. At the center of this delightfully oddball road trip is PJ Halliday, a sixty-something lottery winner with a… Continue reading The Road to Tender Hearts by Annie Hartnett
“𝘏𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘴. 𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘶𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘭𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘤𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴.”—Marcellus, Giant Pacific Octopus Shelby Van Pelt’s Remarkably Bright Creatures is one of those books that sneaks up on you. I didn’t expect to enjoy it as much as I did—but once I started, I couldn’t stop. Heartfelt,… Continue reading Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
Fredrik Backman does it again with My Friends—a deeply moving, sharply funny, and profoundly human novel about the enduring bonds of friendship and the quiet, powerful ways art can hold us together across time. At the heart of the story is Louisa, an almost-eighteen-year-old aspiring artist who becomes obsessed with a painting that has long… Continue reading My Friends by Fredrik Backman
“Just because thoughts are loud or constant doesn’t mean they’re right.” Growing up the daughter of notorious treasure hunter and absentee father Duke Wilder left Lily without much patience for the profession… or much money in the bank. But Lily is nothing if not resourceful, and now uses Duke’s coveted hand-drawn maps to guide tourists… Continue reading Something Wilder by Christina Lauren
I devour every Abby Jimenez book she releases, so I was super excited about this one—and of course, she delivered. Jimenez can write a romance like nobody’s business. She always knows exactly how to make me care about her characters so deeply that I have to stop adulting just to finish the book. And this… Continue reading Say You’ll Remember Me by Abby Jimenez
This is the perfect read to bring along to the beach or pool—light, funny, and easy to breeze through. The premise is great, and while the story slows down a bit in the middle, the last 30% really pulled me in. Overall, it leaned more toward a slow burn for me, with no open-door scenes.… Continue reading Too Hot to Handle by Portia Macintosh
"I guess some things in life you don't get to choose; you can't choose the plot, but you can choose the soundtrack" Columnist Anna Appleby has left her love life behind after a painful divorce. Who needs a man when she has two kids, a cat, and uncontested control of the TV remote? Besides, she’d… Continue reading Is She Really Going Out With Him? by Sophie Cousens