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Summary: “Patrick, or Gay Uncle Patrick (GUP, for short), has always loved his niece, Maisie, and nephew, Grant. That is, he loves...

Summary: “Lewis has a few things to say to his younger teen self. He knows she hates her body. He knows she's confused about who to snog....

Summary: “An incendiary and utterly compelling thriller with a shocking twist that delves deep into the heart of institutionalized...

Summary: “Olivia Prior has grown up in Merilance School for girls, and all she has of her past is her mother’s journal—which seems to...

Summary: “As a third-year Ph.D. candidate, Olive Smith doesn't believe in lasting romantic relationships--but her best friend does, and...

Summary: “Jess needs a fresh start. She’s broke and alone, and she’s just left her job under less than ideal circumstances. Her...

Summary: “Poppy and Alex. Alex and Poppy. They have nothing in common. She’s a wild child; he wears khakis. She has insatiable...

Summary: “With the Marigold ship free of her father, Fable and the rest of the crew were set to start over. That freedom is short-lived...

Summary: “When Chloe Davis was twelve, six teenage girls went missing in her small Louisiana town. By the end of the summer, Chloe’s...

Summary: “For seventeen-year-old Fable, the daughter of the most powerful trader in the Narrows, the sea is the only home she has ever...

I've always been an avid reader (obviously, just look at where I work), but this year I really hit it out of the park with the amount of...

Welcome to Binge-worthy Books, where we review the title for that month's edition of our new Streaming Book Club, a book club around...

Welcome to Binge-worthy Books, where we review the title for that month's edition of our new Streaming Book Club, a book club around...

Welcome to Binge-worthy Books, where we review the title for that month's edition of our new Streaming Book Club, a book club around...

Young Adult books are not my usual cup of tea. For whatever reason, I never really got into the genre when I was a teenager, or...

Title: Nothing Is Wrong And Here Is Why Author: Alexandra Petri Themes/Subjects: Satire, Politics, Socioeconomics, Race Relations,...

Title: The Awkward Black Man Author: Walter Mosley Themes/Subjects: Race, Self-Sufficiency, Science Fiction, Oddness, Familial Relations,...

Title: The Inner Coast Author: Donovan Hohn Themes/Subjects: Hoarding, Family Trauma, Family Relations, Teamwork, Ice Canoeing, Climate...

Short review: In What Were We Thinking: A Brief Intellectual History of the Trump Era, Carlos Lozada, the nonfiction book critic for the...

Short Review: How To Make a Slave and Other Essays, a 2020 National Book Award Finalist and the first essay collection by writer Jerald...