A fugitive, a corrupt town, and a killer hiding in the redwood shadows, The Reckoning throws you into the eighties with a heroine who refuses to stay quiet or small.
Review: The Reckoning by Kelli Stanley
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Review: The Wind Witch Murders by Casey Dunn
Raven’s past has teeth, and The Wind Witch Murders sinks them in from page one.
The Nerd’s Sunday Tarot — Loon Point
This week’s Nerd’s Sunday Tarot pairs Loon Point with The Emperor reversed, a fitting lens for a quiet story about softened control, shared care, and found family.
Nerdy Friday Fun: One-Word Title Swaps, Cat Edition
Book titles are fragile things. Change one word and everything falls apart. Or improves. This Nerdy Friday Fun experiment proves that cats belong in every genre.
Thursday Nerd Out: New Year, Same Literary Angst
January 1 is all about clean slates and new beginnings, which makes it the perfect day for literature to quietly roll its eyes. Enter one famously skeptical author with a New Year’s birthday.
Review: After Life by Gayle Forman
A thoughtful, emotionally precise novel that explores grief with honesty and restraint.
Review: Just Add Happiness by Julie Hatcher
After years of being invisible, a forty-six-year-old baker blows up her old life and discovers that second chances can be as messy, sweet, and surprising as the perfect dessert.
Review: The List of Suspicious Things by Jennie Godfrey
When girls start disappearing in her quiet Yorkshire town, twelve-year-old Miv decides the only way to stop her world from falling apart is to solve the murders herself, even if the biggest secret waiting to be uncovered is hiding in her own home.
The Nerd’s Sunday Tarot: After Life
Not all choices lead forward. Some simply give us somewhere to stand while we avoid deciding at all.
Saturday Nerd First Lines: Rings of Fate
The opening line of Rings of Fate is a great example of how voice can hook a reader immediately.