Reviews (Author-wise) - F-K

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F

Fabian Foley
The Outing - ★★.½ 

Faith Gardner
Amen Maxine - ★★★.¾
Violet Is Nowhere - ★★★★.¼

Faralee Pozo

Farnaz Calafi
Hazel and Her Sun - ★★★★

Fatima Faisal

Federico van Lunter

Fiona Davis
A Wild Rose - ★★★

Fran Littlewood
Amazing Grace Adams - ★★.½

Fran Pintadera
Why Are We Afraid? - ★★★.¾

Franck Pavloff

Franny Plaia
Catlumbus - ★★★.½

Fred Blunt

Frederick Forsyth
The Shepherd - ★★★★

Fredrik Backman

Freida McFadden
(The) Housemaid - ★★★★.¼
(The) Housemaid's Secret - ★★★.½

Freya Sampson
The Girl on the 88 Bus - ★★★.¼

Fumi Furukawa

G


Gabby Dawnay

Gabrielle Meyer
Across the Ages - ★★★★.½
For a Lifetime - ★★★★.½
In This Moment - ★★★.¾
When the Day Comes - ★★★★.½

Gabrielle S. Prendergast

Gabrielle Zevin

Gaëlle Geniller
A Boy Named Rose - ★★★★.¼

Gail Honeyman

Gail Lynn Hanson
The Palisades - ★★★.¼

Gareth Brown
The Book of Doors - ★★★★.½

Garrett M. Graff

Gayle Forman

Geetanjali Shree

Gemma Chilton
Confluence - ★★★.¼

Geneva Price

George Orwell

Georges Feterman

Georgia Peterson
The Stars Aren't Ready - ★★★.½

Georgia Summers

Georgia Zola
Mehitabel Is No Fool -  ★★★

Geraldine Brooks

Gillian King-Cargile


Gina Chung
Green Frog - ★★★★.¼

Giovanni Di Gregorio
Sarah's Dream - ★★★.½

Glenn Ringtved
Cry, Heart, But Never Break - ★★★★★

Grace Lin

Grace Wynter


Guido Van Genechten
Gilbert the Ghost - ★★★.¼

H

H.G. Parry

H.R. Sinclair

Hailee Oman

Hannah Treave
The Notekeeper - ★★.½

Hans Rosling

Harinder Sikka

Harry Woodgate
Timid -  ★★★.¾

Heather Fawcett
The Grace of Wild Things - ★★★★

Heather Ferranti Kinser
In a Cave - ★★★★.¼

Heather Mullaly

Heather Newton

Heather Webber

Heidi Fiedler

Heidi Howarth
A Dragon Named Egg - ★★★★

Helaine Becker
Puffin and Penguin - ★★★★.¼

Helen H. Wu
Ping's Perfect Pot - ★★★★.¼

Helen Power

Helen Rutter
Me and My Brian - ★★

Henry Van Dyke

Herman Melville

Hollay Ghadery
Widow Fantasies - ★★★.½

Holly Figgyworth

Holly Goldberg Sloan

Huda Fahmy
Yes, I'm Hot in This  - ★★★

Hwang Bo-reum

I

Ian Rankin

Indra Zuno 

Ingvild H. Rishøi
Brightly Shining - ★★★.¾

Irene Olmo
I Don't Want to Be a Mom - ★★★.½

Isabel Cintra
The Sweetest Ladybug - ★★★.½

Isabella Tree

Ivy Pochoda
Sing Her Down - ★★★.½

J

J.C. Deveney

J.K. Coy

J.M. Briscoe

J.M. Varese
The Company - ★★

J. Martain
My Alien Life  - ★★★★.½
Tulip the Tugboat - ★★★★.½

J.T. Ellison

J.Y. Sam

Jade Khoo

Jaima Fixsen
The Specimen - ★★★★.½

Jaime Jo Wright

Jaimie Admans
Christmas Ever After - ★★★★.¼
Jamaica Kincaid


James McKimmey

James Norbury

James S.A. Corey

James Thomas
My Name Isn't Joe - ★★.½

James Warwood

Jamie Killen
Red Hail - ★★★★

Jamila Ahmed
Every Rising Sun - ★★★.¼

Jane Austen
Mansfield Park - ★★★★.½

Jane Davis
(The) Bookseller's Wife - ★★★.¾

Jane Lovering

Jane Sullivan
Murder in Punch Lane - ★★.¾

Jane Thomas

Jane Wilsher
21 Things to Do With a Tree - ★★★★★

Janelle Brown
Trouble (A Short Story) - ★★★★.¼

Janet Sumner Johnson
Braver than Brave - ★★★★.¼

Janie Kim

Jas Hammonds

Jasbinder Bilan
Calling the Whales - ★★★★.½

Jason Link
Angel from the Rust - ★★★.¾

Jason Reynolds

Jaspreet Kaur
The Spaces In Between - ★★★.¼

Jean Hoffmann Lewanda

Jean Kwok
The Leftover Woman - ★★.½

Jed McGowan

Jeff Billington
Chicken Dinner News - ★★★.¼

Jeffrey Archer

Jeffrey Turner
Penguins Don't Wear Pink - ★★★★

Jen Daily

Jenni Keer
No. 23 Burlington Square - ★★★.¾

Jenni L. Walsh
Operation: Happy - ★★★.½

Jennifer Dance


Jennifer S. Brown
The Whisper Sister - ★★★★.½

Jenny Lacika
Again, Essie? - ★★★.½

Jenny Lawson

Jeremy Ray
The Houseplant (A Short Story) - ★★★★★

Jesmyn Ward

Jess Butterworth
Lost on Gibbon Island  - ★★★★.1⁄4

Jess French
Ava Loves Rescuing Animals - ★★★★★

Jess Kidd
The Night Ship - ★★

Jess Townes
Spellbound - ★★★★.½

Jess Walter
Parable (A Short Story) - ★★★★.¼

Jesse Byrd

Jesse Q. Sutanto

Jessica George
Mom  - ★★★.1⁄2

Jessica Redland
All You Need Is Love - ★★★★.½

Jessica Sinha

Jessica Whipple
Enough is... - ★★★★.½

Jhumpa Lahiri
Roman Stories - ★★★.½

Jill Childs

Jill George

Jill Horton
The Fast Little Fox - ★★★★.½

Jill Mansell

Jillian Cantor
The Fiction Writer - ★★.¼

Jillian Forsberg
The Rhino Keeper - ★★.½

Jo Johnson
Surviving Her - ★★★★
Surviving Him - ★★.½

Joana Estrela
Pardalita  - ★.½

Joann Howeth
Sometimes - ★★★.½

Joanna Cannon

Joanna Hagan

Jodie Chapman
Oh, Sister - ★★★.½

Jody Hildreth

Joey Benun
Pebbles and the Biggest Number - ★★★★.½

John A. Heldt

John Carreyrou

John Devolle

John Martz
Burt's Way Home - ★★

John Scalzi

John Steinberg

John Wiswell

Joie Davidow

Jojo Moyes
After You - ★★★.½
Me Before You - ★★★★.¼
Still Me - ★★

Jonathan Vischer

Jordan Scott

Jordi Bayarri Dolz

Joseph Coelho
Budgie - ★★★★.½
One Little Word - ★★★★.¼

Joseph O'Connor

Joshua Goodson

Joss Sheldon

Judith Cranswick 

Judith Koppens

Jules Howard
Respect the Insect - ★★★★.¼

Juli Min
Shanghailanders - ★★★★

Julia Seales
A Most Agreeable Murder  - ★★★.¾

Juliana Brandt


Julie Mathison

Justin Madson

K

K.A. Cummins
Super Doople - ★★

K.A. Last
(The) Edge of Madness - ★★★★.¼

K.B. Carr
Santa's Green Christmas - ★★★★.½

K.J. Field

K. O'Neill
The Moth Keeper - ★★★★.¼

Kaela Noel

Kanata Konami

Karen A. Wyle
A Boy Who Made Music - ★★★★
When It's Winter - ★★★★
Where Fireflies Sleep - ★★★.¾
Wind, Ocean, Grass  - ★★★★.½
You Can't Kiss A Bubble  - ★★★★.¾

Karen Henry Clark
Library Girl - ★★★★.¾

Karen Hodgson

Karen Wilfrid
Just Lizzie - ★★★.½

Kari Allen
Maddie and Mabel - ★★★★.½
Maddie and Mabel Make a Plan - ★★★★.½

Kari Ann Gonzalez
How to Hatch a Reader - ★★★★.¼

Kari Lavelle
Butt or Face? - ★★★★.½

Karl Newson
Beware The Blue Bagoo - ★★★★

Kate Alice Marshall
What Lies in the Woods - ★★★★

Kate Baker
Maid Of Steel - ★★★.¼

Kate Chopin

Kate Mueser

Kate Quinn
(The) Briar Club - ★★★★.½

Katelyn Rae

Kath O'Connor
Inheritance - ★★★

Katharine Mitropoulos
Ready... Set... Frog! - ★★★★.¼

Katherine Applegate
Willodeen - ★★★★.½

Katherine Eban

Katherine Center
The Rom-Commers - ★★.½

Katherine Greene

Katherine Heiny
Games and Rituals - ★★★★

Kathie Giorgio
Hope Always Rises - ★★★★.¼

Kathleen Karr

Kathy Biggs
Scrap - ★★★★.¼

Kati Rose

Katy Hudson

Katy Regan

Katya Balen
Birdsong - ★★★★.½
Foxlight - ★★★.½
Little House - ★★★★
Nightjar - ★★★★.½


Kelly Byrne
Unbecoming Emma - ★★★

Kelly Irvin

Kelly Link

Kelly Mellings

Ken Liu

Kendra Broekhuis
Between You and Us - ★★★.¼

Kerry Fryar Freeman
Sedona - ★★★★

Kerry Greenwood

Kerstin Hall

Kevin Ansbro 

Kid Toussaint

Kim-Joy
Turtle Bread - ★★

Kim Michele Richardson

Kimberly Garvin
When Oliver Speaks - ★★★.½

Kintetsu Yamada
Home Office Romance - ★★★★

Kirstin Chen

Kirsten McDougall
She's a Killer - ★★★.¾

Kirsten Miller

Kirsty Greenwood
The Love of My Afterlife - ★★★.½

Kirti Bhadresa

Kris Waldherr

Kristin Hannah
The Women - ★★.¼

Kristin Harmel

Kristina McMorris

Krystaelynne Sanders Diggs

Krystle Zara Appiah
Rootless - ★★

Kwame Alexander

Kyle A. Massa
Hecatontagonal Stew - ★★★.½

Kyle Prue


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