20+ hour, 22+ min ago  (256+ words) This week, we turn our attention not just to a book that's a hidden gem, but to a book about a forgotten artist of the 20th-century art world. Too often, art history remembers women by proximity: wife, lover, model. Jacqueline…...

1+ day, 18+ hour ago  (527+ words) They say the apple doesn't fall far from the tree. For proof of that, look no further than #1 bestselling author Doug Preston who teamed with his daughter Aletheia to pen the pitch-perfect Paradox. Paradox'is thriller writing of the highest order,…...

1+ day, 19+ hour ago  (521+ words) Stars, Stripes and Summer Nights is a wholesome young adult romance novel by Celeste Dador. The story follows Abigail Cary-Alzona, the first daughter (of the female president) of the United States of America, as she experiences small-town summer adventures that…...

1+ day, 16+ hour ago  (679+ words) Karsten Dusse's debut novel Murder Mindfully, translated from the German by Florian Duijsens, is a jet-black satirical comedy so zany this reviewer nearly fell out of bed guffawing while gulping it down in one evening. The author lampoons the wellness…...

1+ day, 19+ hour ago  (572+ words) Her name is Marion. Actually, it isn't, but never mind. You know the type: young, blonde and pretty enough. The first girl to die in the slasher films. But not this time. Alarmed by her sister's abusive, controlling husband, Marion…...

2+ day, 20+ hour ago  (943+ words) The Berry Bush metaphor is central to your book. Can you share how you developed that image and a specific moment when it crystallized for you as a teaching tool? You identify three core root lies about God (untrustworthy, disapproving,…...

2+ day, 20+ hour ago  (708+ words) A Deadly Episode is the sixth installment in the clever and endlessly engrossing metafictional universe Hawthorne and Horowitz series. It places the richly imagined, unconventional, disgraced former detective inspector turned private investigator Daniel Hawthorne and the real-life author Anthony Horowitz…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago  (600+ words) May is Mental Health Awareness month. To promote a supportive community and reduce stigma, we are featuring women's fiction that depicts mental health struggles. Shared blood defines a family, but spilled blood can, too. Social worker Georgia Thayer has spent…...

4+ day, 17+ hour ago  (531+ words) A Breakup Turns Into a Nightmare of Manipulation and Control Book Trib A Breakup Turns Into a Nightmare of Manipulation and Control Dawn Before Darkness by Liz Lazarus Some thrillers begin with a crime scene. Dawn Before Darkness begins with…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (778+ words) Bromantasy, the delightful romantic fantasy novel by M'ire Roche, drops May 26. The book's description of "Two heroes. One brain cell." grabbed the attention of our own Aunt Libra, and she insisted on having the boys drop in to discuss their…...