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The Best Cozy Mysteries To Read This Fall
If you like your reading to have some seasonal flair, here are three cozy mysteries to read this fall, each with a different autumn vibe.
20 Award-Winning Graphic Novels for Your TBR
Whether you're wading into the world of comics or are a devoted fan, add these award-winning graphic novels to your TBR.
8 Stunning Historical Novels by Latine Writers
Latine historical novels are one of my favorite things. If you're in the same boat, may I interest you in these eight stunning novels?
Gorgeous Editions of Your Favorite Science Fiction and Fantasy Books
Gorgeous editions of classic works like AKIRA, PIRANESI, Tolkien's classics, and more await you.
6 Essential Reads About Queer Music
These essential reads about queer music show how queer people have always been at the forefront of progressiveness and music.
The Fall’s Best New Horror Releases
Fall's best new horror releases have new takes on the haunted house, trans body horror, biological survival, Indigenous horror, and much more.
Edinburgh-based writer Cherise Saywell has won this year’s BBC national short story award for a story about a young boy caught in the midst of domestic violence
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Tomi Adeyemi says that she will “never” turn another one of her books into a movie again after her disastrous experience on the set of “Children of Blood and Bone,” the upcoming film adaptation of her 2018 fantasy novel
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Book of the month: Lana Abdelrahman
This Women in Translation month, I’m featuring a collection of short stories by the Lebanese writer and critic Lana Abdelrahman. I had the pleasure of meeting and sharing a stage with Abdelrahman at the Dibrugarh Univers…
Book of the month: Ryan Falzon
As the heatwaves rippled across Europe, one summer novel held me gripped. It comes from Foundry Editions, an indie publisher set up in 2023 to champion literature from around the Mediterranean and notable, like fellow le…
Free Virtual Incomprehension Workshop
For anyone who’s interested, there’s a rare opportunity to join one of my Incomprehension Workshops online next week. Hosted by the Interfaith Center in Oxford, Ohio, US, this virtual, 90-minute workshop is open to anyon…
Book of the month: Jeyamohan
If you’ve never heard of Jeyamohan, I wouldn’t be surprised. Until recently, his work wasn’t widely available in English outside India. That is starting to change: next month Hachette in the UK (and FSG Originals in the …
Special Edition: Why Do We Love Mystery Novels?
Vanessa Zoltan is joined by friend and mentor Dr. Stephanie Paulsell to discuss the appeal of mystery novels and their relationship to religion. If you're interested in joining Stephanie and Casper on the Agatha Christ…
Commitment: The Boy Who Lived (Book 1, Chapter 1)
In the very final episode of Harry Potter and the Sacred Text, Vanessa Zoltan, Casper ter Kuile, and Matt Potts revisit Book 1, Chapter 1 through our very first theme of commitment. They discuss why the Dursleys love nor…
Special Edition: Lectio Divina with Vanessa and Ariana
A new Lectio Divina every week with Vanessa and Ariana. Sign-up on Patreon at www.patreon.com/harrypottersacredtext Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Whole Series Wrap-Up: Harry Potter and the Sacred Text
Vanessa and Casper look back at the past ten years of making Harry Potter and the Sacred Text and their experience reading Harry Potter. What have they learned along the way? What characters, themes, and questions are st…
Wrap-Up: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Vanessa and Casper wrap up their discussion of The Deathly Hallows with a look back on the entire book! They discuss Grindelwald's end, Harry's clarity, and the bravery and sacrifice of so many 'side' characters. Next we…
Love: Nineteen Years Later (Book 7, Epilogue)
This week, Casper and Vanessa explore the theme of Love in the epilogue of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows! They discuss 'all was well,' Ron as a husband and father, and the power of privacy. Throughout the episode …
Letter from Aestas
After a decade of reading and reviewing books, I’ve decided that it’s time for me to take a step back from blogging. Running this book blog has been such a huge and wonderful part of my life. I’ve written over 600 book r…
Latest Book News — January 10, 2022
BOOKWORM NEWS: Juniper Hill by Devney Perry is now live!! — “Memphis Ward arrives in Quincy, Montana, on the fifth worst day of her life. She needs a shower. She needs a snack. She needs some sanity. Because moving acros…
Latest Book News — December 14, 2021
BOOKWORM NEWS: Shelter by Kristen Proby is now live!! — “Remi Carter has survived her fifteen minutes of fame and is putting LA in her rearview mirror. As a former reality show contestant, she’s trading staged expedition…
Latest Book News — November 30, 2021
BOOKWORM NEWS: Dream Keeper by Kristen Ashley (Dream Team series) is now live!! — “Pepper Hannigan is determined to keep any romance off the table while her daughter Juno is still young. Sure, a certain handsome commando…
LATEST BOOK NEWS — November 16, 2021
BOOKWORM NEWS: The Wolf by JR Ward (Black Dagger Brotherhood Series, Prison Camp spinoff) is now live!! — “Return to the sizzling glymera’s prison camp in this dark and sexy second novel in the new Black Dagger Brotherho…
Latest Book News — November 9, 2021
BOOKWORM NEWS: Heard It in a Love Song by Tracey Garvis Graves is now live!! — “Love doesn’t always wait until you’re ready. Layla Hilding is thirty-five and recently divorced. Struggling to break free from the past—her …
Where the Crawdads Sing
Book Review Author :Delia Owens Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher : GP Putnam’s Sons Year of Publication: 2019 Number of Pages: 368 My Rating : 4 out of 5 I picked this up with a bit of hesitation. In spite of the grea…
North and South
Classics Book Review Author : Elizabeth Gaskell Genre : Literary Classic Fiction Original Publisher : Chapman and Hall Year of Publication : 1854 Number of Pages : 396 My Rating : 5 out of 5 My most recent read is this g…
Grown Ups
Author : Marian Keyes Genre : Family Drama Publisher : Michael Joseph -an imprint of Penguin Year of Publication : 2020 Number of Pages : 633 My Rating : 4 out of 5 I totally fell in love with Marian Keyes after reading …
It Ends With Us
Book Review Author : Colleen Hoover Genre : Romance Publisher : Simon & Schuster Year of Publication : 2016 Number of Pages : 384 My Rating : 5 out of 5 Lily Bloom is upset following her father’s very emotionally drainin…
The Woman in the Window
Book Review Author : A. J. Finn Genre : Psychological Thriller Publisher : Harper Collins Published : January 2018 Number of Pages : 390 My Rating : 5 out of 5 The Woman in the Window is a psychological thriller by A. J.…
The Testaments
Book Review Author : Margaret Atwood Genre : Literary Fiction/Science Fiction and Fantasy Publisher : Penguin Random House Year of Publication : 2019 Number of Pages : 401 My Rating : 5 out of 5 This book is a sequel to …
MAMA’S STILL DEAD
Lily Corcoran is a 40-year-old researcher at the University of Wisconsin whose pursuit of her Ph.D. in neuroscience has long been waylaid by the work of parenting her 10-year-old daughter, Rosie. This task has now been m…
QUANT
Russell Quant, now approaching his 55th birthday, is confronting the painful fact that his 84-year-old mother, Kay, is showing signs of increasing dementia. He visits her farmhouse to begin sorting out her lifetime’s wor…
SAFEKEEPING
Everything seems to be going wrong in Tenley Ward’s life. It’s January 2027, and the draft has been reinstated; she fears that her college-aged son, Chance, could be drafted into a seemingly imminent third world war. Her…
LONDON STATION
The CIA sends Artemis Aphrodite Procter to become their chief of station in London and help “rebalance things with the Brits.” She accepts the assignment reluctantly, as she’s dismissive of the British in general and Lon…
THE DREAMLESS
Elver, guardian of the Jih Forest, continues to journey alongside the monk Artair, who, when he’s sleeping, shares his body with the soul of Lucian, previously a mage of the god the Bloody Claw. They’re accompanied by Su…
THE SUCCESS-MINDED LEADER
Barrett, the president of the leadership-development company Success-Minded Leader, draws on decades of experience as a coach across multiple industries for this work. The author addresses leaders at all levels, arguing …