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Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Education in Art and Ambition

Lin-Manuel Miranda: The Education of an Artist is a must read for theater lovers, historians, performers and aspiring artists alike. The author Daniel Pollack-Pelzner explores his subject’s passion, drive, collaborative nature and the creative evolution of his many projects; his unlikely journey from Washington Heights in the northern most portion…

Linda HitchcockDecember 17, 2025

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Jenny Colgan’s Most Enchanting Christmas Adventure Yet

It’s no secret that this reviewer thoroughly enjoys the work of New York Times best-selling, prolific author and gifted storyteller Jenny Colgan, despite professing an aversion to romances. In addition to charmingly cozy novels, she has also written several scripts for television, children’s books, Doctor Who stories and other works…

Linda HitchcockDecember 12, 2025

Fiction

Revisiting Post-War America in “One of Them”

Kitty Zeldis is a prolific author and gifted storyteller who ably captures the zeitgeist of the time period immediately following WWII in her well-crafted novel One of Them which focuses on two college girls struggling with identity and discrimination. It’s an unusual coming of age story involving anti-Semitism in Ivy…

Linda HitchcockDecember 11, 2025

Fiction

Thomas Schlesser’s “Mona’s Eyes” Is a Triumph of Art and Heart

Thomas Schlesser wears many hats as an art historian, college professor, foundation director and author of several well-regarded nonfiction books. His second novel is the international #1 best seller Mona’s Eyes, first published in Europe in 2024. It was translated from the original French for this English language edition by…

Linda HitchcockDecember 9, 2025

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Fall in Love with a Unique, Paranormal Take on Christmas Romance This Holiday Season

The Christmas Spirit by Alexandrea Weis emerges as a fresh deviation from the conventional holiday tales that saturate the market around this time of year. Courtney Winston, the protagonist of the story, is an accountant in Nashville and a writer in her spare time — although, like most aspiring authors,…

Monique SnymanDecember 2, 2025

Fiction

Slices of the Secret Self: Cynthia Schumacher’s “Prose Pizza”

Cynthia Schumacher’s Prose Pizza is a charming, thoughtful collection of nine stories that reveal the extraordinary layers beneath ordinary lives. With a warm yet incisive eye, Schumacher explores private desires, social expectations, small rebellions and the moments — quiet or sudden — that reorient a life. The opener, “Sunless Sea,”…

BookTribDecember 8, 2025

Fiction

Seventeen Years, One Unfinished Love Story: “Love Letters from Other People” Soars

In a small town in Indiana, two teenagers named Aubrey and Nick fall in love. Nick lives with his alcoholic father, while Aubrey comes from a traditional family. Can their love survive? Love Letters from Other People is a novel told in dual timelines: the present and 17 years ago.…

Krysti OstermeyerDecember 8, 2025

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A Spellbinding Return to Camelot in “The Once and Future Queen”

If you think you know the story about King Arthur and Queen Guinevere, you may be in for a surprising - and enlightening - awakening in The Once and Future Queen by Paula Lafferty. This debut novel, the first in a trilogy, is described as a magical Camelot that is…

Krysti OstermeyerDecember 8, 2025

Fiction

“The Book of Women’s Friendship”: Unpacking The Nature of This Powerful Bond

Female friendship is all the rage in popular culture at the moment. You see it in the forefront of movies, TV shows, and social media. The idea that platonic relationships between women are of incredible importance, more so even than a romantic relationship, has become more and more normalized in…

Riley HarkerDecember 4, 2025

Fiction

The Roar of Colonialism

Micheliny Verunschk weaves a nuanced web about colonialism and the effect centuries-old behavior still has on modern times in her newest release, The Jaguar’s Roar. With whip-smart prose, she imagines the life of Iñe-e as she is raised in Brazil and eventually taken from her homeland. Verunschk’s writing stands out…

Lillian ParrottaDecember 3, 2025

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“The Terminal Gene” Explores a World Where Your Death Is Predicted

What would you do if you know your exact point of death? What if death is encoded into our DNA at birth? Imagine the possibilities. They’re hard to grasp, right? John H. Thomas delves into those very questions in his new novel, The Terminal Gene. The novel’s far from an…

José H. BogránDecember 2, 2025

Fiction

Kindness Blooms and Paper Sparks Magic in Evelyn Skye’s Latest

The Incredible Kindness of Paper is a sprightly, optimistically sunny book with a clever combination of light fantasy and romance that although published in mid-summer will instantly banish dreary late fall and winter doldrums. New York Times best-selling author Evelyn Skye has previously written several books for adults, YA and…

Linda HitchcockNovember 26, 2025

Nonfiction

Basquiat, Unvarnished: Phoebe Hoban’s Clear-Eyed Portrait of an Artist and a System

Phoebe Hoban’s Basquiat: A Quick Killing in Art distinguishes itself by refusing to polish its subject into legend. Jean-Michel Basquiat appears not as a figure suspended above the world but as a young artist drawn into the machinery of fame. The book traces his path from Brooklyn to global notoriety,…

BookTribNovember 25, 2025

Fiction

I, Medusa: A Lyrical Reclaiming of the Monster We Thought We Knew

Ayana Gray has exceeded expectations in this captivating retelling of Medusa. Gray did not disappoint as she delivered a story challenging the narrative around one of the most commonly known monsters within Greek Mythology. Medusa is creatively crafted as a legend, as she navigates her journey through finding her identity,…

Ashley IveyNovember 21, 2025

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Love, Lies and Last Chances: Save Us Wraps the Maxton Hall Saga with Heart

Save Us is the third book and the final installment in Mona Kasten’s Maxton Hall series, which gained popularity in the U.S. after an explosive first season on Prime Video. Season One closely followed book one, Save Me, and with season two releasing later this month, we’ll all find out…

Kristin KeatonNovember 5, 2025

Fiction

James R. Benn Delivers a WWII Mystery Rooted in Hidden History

A Bitter Wind is author and former librarian James R. Benn’s 20th WWII based action-packed mystery novel in his grippingly realistic Billy Boyle series. This quote from Arthur Conan Doyle’s 1917 short story His Last Bow set on the eve of WWI serves as its preface: “There’s an east wind…

Linda HitchcockNovember 20, 2025

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