Great cover, but otherwise kind of disappointing. First book in series that's a spin-off of the Lady Hardcastle series, which I enjoy. Fun setting and characters, but the story really dragged. Not a lot of action or investigating or clues, which are all kind of important in a mystery!

Amazing cover. Really liked this teen book, but it hurts to see "historical" fiction that's set when I was a teen ?.

Love this series, although I noticed that the author uses particular words/phrases A LOT and that got a little tiresome.

This was difficult to read (because it's enraging and sad) but it's important to be aware of our history, no matter how ugly it is.

Excellent! Loved the characters and the friendships.

Absolutely heartbreaking book about the many, many missing and murdered indigenous girls and women in Canada.

Fun, steamy Halloween-themed rom com.

Middle grade horror. Book 3 in Small Spaces series. Quite scary. Short, quick read.

Teen historical fiction. Very good.

Just the right amount of creepy (not scary) for me, but I'm not a big fan of dual timelines and a side plot wasn't fully explained or resolved.

This was difficult to get through because I was so enraged by what I learned.

Interesting setting and characters: Japanese Americans released from prison camp during WWII are forced to relocate to Chicago.

A mystery involving murders related to murder mystery books and their authors. An unlikely trio of civilians "assist" DS Kaur in investigating the murders. Really good!

I've been on a streak of reading books about hard topics and this is the latest.

Some of the dialog was clunky because it was conveying so much factual info, but the illustrations were great and the research was meticulous with end notes giving citations for every event depicted plus additional info.

Teen historical fiction set in the days leading up to the Tulsa massacre. It's mostly about Angel and Isaiah figuring out who they are and getting to know each other. The massacre happens near the end of the book, so it is not the sole focus of the story. Ends on a hopeful note in spite of the tragedy.

This was really good, just not quite as good as The Golem and the Jinni.

I decided to rejoin Book of the Month.

Difficult topic to read about, but an important event to know about.

This was good, but it could have been better. Still a worthwhile read. This is the 2nd novel I've read recently about oppressive, misogynistic, abusive religious people, and I should have spaced them out more.

Book 2 in a fun YA trilogy. Avery inherited billions from a complete stranger in book 1. In this book she continues to unravel the Hawthorne family's myriad secrets.

So happy for a new book in this series and hope there will be more!

Enola and Sherlock work on a case together. Tewkesbury, from book 1, is back. No Mycroft in this one.

Very good! 1920s; Ophie is 12 and has moved to Pittsburgh with her mother after her father is lynched for voting. She has to work as a maid with her mom in a rich family's mansion and can't go to school because they need both incomes. She also discovers that she is able to see and talk to ghosts and the mansion is full of them!

Bahni Turpin narrates the audiobook which is always a plus for me.

Reread the first 6 Enola Holmes books this past week in preparation for the new one that just came out. Excellent series!

Good but disturbing.

I don't recommend this book for everyone. I didn't really like the structure but in the end there was something about the characters & story that moved me. Main reason I read it is that it's about Mennonites, which is uncommon to find in mainstream lit. I grew up in a Menno. family and church (not Menno. now & def do NOT endorse this religion), so it's interesting to read about a culture that I'm familiar with & most ppl don't know much about. ⬇️

This was so much fun! Unrealistic and absurd (hiding a dead body during a big important wedding) but hilarious, too, with interfering aunties and romance.

A detailed, honest biography that doesn't shy away from revealing Grant's flaws. I would give this a pick, but I listened to the audiobook and the narrator mispronounces many famous names, which is why I'm rating it so-so.

Mexico City, early 70s. A woman who is bored with her life agrees to watch a neighbor's cat for the weekend but then gets involved in the current political unrest when the neighbor doesn't return.

I liked the character development in this and how the pieces of the plot came together in the end. Also, that cover is amazing 🔥

The first half was rather slow and I had trouble getting into it, but the 2nd half was good.

I recently ordered these from book depository: books 6-9 plus 2 story collections in the Murder Most Unladylikes series. These are the UK editions. In the US it's called the Wells & Wong series; I have books 1-5, but gave up on the rest ever bring published in the US and got the UK editions. So they don't match my 1st 5 books, but some do have colorful page edges, so that's fun. Middle grade mysteries set in 1930s.

I loved this! Perfect balance of serious and humorous.

American diplomats spying for the Soviets defect and then have to be extracted from Moscow. A historical family saga, not a thriller. Fans of the author will recognize some side characters from her other books. I won this book in a giveaway on Goodreads.

This was interesting. I wasn't expecting so much of it to be about Pan Am's services during the Vietnam war: ferrying soldiers and evacuating orphans.

So excited for new installments in this series!

So good!

When this first came out, I tried it in ebook format and couldn't finish it. Later I tried it in print and finished but couldn't quite understand what everyone was raving about. The concept was great, but I found the writing unclear at times. There were a lot of characters to keep track of and they were introduced rapid-fire at the beginning of the book. The audiobook worked much better for me, which was unexpected.

Historical setting, but probably leans a little more towards horror. Slow moving, but I liked it.

Charming book about an adventure and an unexpected friendship. I love historical stories about women doing science.

Good, creepy ghost story.

There were parts of this that I enjoyed, but mostly it didn't work for me. At times it seemed like it was trying to be a light rom com, but the characters had such intensely horrific experiences in their pasts, which were mostly glossed over and apparently solved by falling in love 🙄. The epilogue had way too much crammed into it; I get it, they live happily ever after, no need to belabor the point.

I'm going to have to reread this one sometime because the ending has me questioning everything that happened!

A sweet middle grade graphic novel about Cici who moves to the U.S. from Taiwan with her parents and enters a cooking contest to win money to buy her grandma a plane ticket for a visit. Cici and her new friend at the contest learn how to push back against their parents' expectations of who they should be.

I was surprised by how much I loved this book. Now I want to read Dolly's autobiography. She's amazing. I'm also moving Smarsh's Heartland up on my TBR list.

Teen mystery. Book 4 in the Truly Devious series. Completely new and different mystery than the 1st 3 books. Stevie solves the 1978 murder of 4 teens at a summer camp.

This was really good. I'm not sure how to describe it - sort of a thriller but kind of slow-paced in the beginning. I've seen it described as horror but it's not the gory or paranormal or hide under the covers kind of horror. The ending wasn't as satisfying as I wanted, but I think that was intentional. A good book for discussion.

A light, entertaining beach read, but way too long.

This was an Amazon First pick from a couple of years ago. I have fairly low expectations for Amazon First books and have only read a few, but I really liked this one. I already bought the next book in the series.

This preorder arrived on my kindle today. This is the first book in a new series by the author of the Amory Ames mystery series. Looking forward to starting it next on vacation.

Teen mystery set in 1938. Kate goes to live with her retired movie star grandfather in Pasadena and gets involved in both a movie and a murder. I loved that the main character is smart and wants to be an astronomer.

I loved this middle grade historical mystery. Great for fans of Enola Holmes or Wells & Wong/Murder Most Unladylike series.