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Battle of the Bookstores by Ali Brady is a love story, but it’s also the story of two people finding their confidence and purpose. When we meet Josie and Ryan, they are book sellers on the same block in Boston with very different tastes. Ryan only sells romance, and Josie......

Roselle Lim’s YA fantasy debut, Celestial Banquet, is a veritable feast for the senses. Centering around a hot-headed teen protagonist who aims to change her life and home through her cooking skills, it’s a thrilling exploration of family, love and home through a colorful culinary lens. Cooking ...

“His eyes drifted back to the road, a shocking state of panic –— something in the middle of the road —— you’re going to hit it!…Slam. Jolt. Stop.Breathe.The bodywork ticked and creaked in protest at the emergency halt. The engine had stalled at his carelessness.Ewan checked himself. Sp...

Gabe Henry may have single-handedly revolutionized the study of Linguistics with this brilliant work of nonfiction enough is enuf, subtitled Our Failed Attempts to Make English Eezier to Spell. “Linguistics is the scientific study of language as sound” was drummed into the heads of Georgetown Un...

Rewind it Back is the 5th and final book in the Windy City series by Liz Tomforde, and as a fan of every book, I’m sad that it’s over but happy that it happened. This series of interconnected standalones has become the benchmark for sports romance, and I’m delighted to......

Eclectic readers who prefer not to pigeonhole authors into strictly designated genre types have wholeheartedly embraced New York Times #1 best-selling author Jennifer Weiner. She burst into publication in 2002 with two books: Good in Bed and In Her Shoes, launching a trilogy about a zaftig heroine n...

An adolescent, sometimes-addict, sometimes-liar by the name of Hai grapples with the weight of what life is and what it should be in small town East Gladness, Connecticut, in Ocean Vuong’s latest novel: The Emperor of Gladness.  Vuong’s sophomore novel is a nod to the lives and experiences the ...

The complete title of prolific author Judith Viorst’s latest captivating book is Making the Best of What’s Left: When You’re Too Old to Get the Chairs Reupholstered. It’s a frank, humorous blend of memoir and astute advice for aging gracefully that is touching and inspiring. The book provide...

What would you do if you could have one last meal with a loved one who passed away? This is the situation Konstantin Duhovny, also known as Kostya, finds himself in in Aftertaste by Daria Lavelle, a genre-bending novel that’s not your typical ghost story. The story unfolds as Kostya,......