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The Catchings Press, by Robin McMillion | Book Review
The follow-up to The Children of the Children (reviewed here), The Catchings Press is a literary coming-of-age novel set in 1967-68, in the fictional small town of Catchings, Texas. It’s McMillion’s second novel, and it shares its interest in institutional power and…
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Cutie Pies by the Slice, by Kimberly Nixon | Book Review
If you enjoy Depression-era historical fiction, Cutie Pies by the Slice will definitely be one to add to your reading list this autumn. Set in the twenties to thirties, the novel is Kimberly Nixon’s latest work of family-inspired historical fiction. Following her…
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In Between Rooms, by Adrian Mompoint | Book Review
The cover of In Between Rooms gives you a perfect preview of what you’re in for: a bloodied stuffed elephant sitting alone. It’s a fitting image for Adrian M. Mompoint’s second horror novella, which continues to draw heavily from Stephen King. Where…
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So You Want To Be A Professional Athlete, by Linda Soules | Book Review
So You Want To Be A Professional Athlete is another entry in the “So You Want To Be A…” series by Linda Soules, the illustrated career-exploration line for young readers that has grown to nearly 200 titles, covering everything from astronauts to…
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So You Want To Be A Scientist, by Linda Soules | Book Review
So You Want To Be A Scientist is the latest entry in the “So You Want To Be A…” series by Linda Soules, an illustrated career-exploration line for young readers that now spans nearly 200 titles, covering everything from astronauts to zookeepers.…
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Waiting for the Bad Thing to Happen, by Anita Fiore Welsh | Book Review
Anita Fiore Welsh was given up for adoption in 1963, through an adoption that wasn’t legal. Her memoir, Waiting For the Bad Thing to Happen, published July 21, 2026, covers the years that followed, including time in foster care, relationships, marriages, all…
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Sol Canyon, by Michael Wolf | Book Review
Sol Canyon by Michael Wolf is a Los Angeles detective novel that starts out as a light character piece and gradually turns into something quite a bit darker. Released September 2025, it’s the first book in Michael Wolf’s series following James Gardiner,…
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Syracuse Will Burn, by Jim Loughran | Book Review
Ancient Sicily is, in large part, criminally underused in historical fiction. Everyone wants to write about the fall of Troy or Caesar crossing the Rubicon, but Syracuse rarely gets a mention outside academic texts. That gap is exactly what Irish writer Jim…
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T.V. Holiday’s Vendetta: Legend of The Iron Warrior Vol. 3, by T.V. Holiday | Book Review
Vendetta is the third book in T.V. Holiday’s Legend of The Iron Warrior series. I haven’t read the first two, so I came into it cold, but it turned out to be a gripping and fairly epic read that mostly holds up…
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May Flowers at The Three Coins Inn | Book Guide and Review
May Flowers at The Three Coins Inn is comfort reading in its finest form — the kind of book to curl up with when the world feels overwhelming. It’s the third installment in the Three Coins Inn series, following Easter at The…
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