Review: 59 Minutes by Holly Seddon

Tick, tick, tick. When the world’s about to end, everyone says they’d do something meaningful — until they actually have to prove it.

Review: The Merge by Grace Walker

A mother and daughter, one fading, one desperate, one choice to share a single mind.

Review: If I Never Met You by Mhairi McFarlane

When your long-term boyfriend dumps you and the office playboy becomes your fake boyfriend, HR really should offer hazard pay.

Review: Oh, Money! Money! by Eleanor H. Porter

A windfall shakes up a small town in this charming moral comedy about money, manners, and what truly makes a person rich.

Review: The Girl Who Came Home by Hazel Gaynor

A quiet, beautifully rendered story of survival, memory, and the ties that bind generations long after the Titanic sank.

Review: A Guardian and a Thief by Megha Majumdar

When a desperate thief steals the only chance a mother has to escape a drowning Kolkata, a single week becomes a gripping contest of survival, sacrifice, and ferocious love.

When Seattle Book Mama Says Five Stars, I Listen

When Seattle Book Mama gives something five stars, I pay attention. Her latest pick, Over Yonder by Sean Dietrich, sounds full of Southern charm, grit, and heart.