Reviews (Year-Wise)

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August 2026:

Anthony and the Gargoyle - Jo Ellen Bogart - ★★★

(The) Awesome Physics in Your City - The Amazing Theatre of Physics - ★★★★

(The) Book Witch - Meg Shaffer - ★

(The) Ferryman and His Wife - Frode Grytten - ★★

This Kind of Trouble - Tochi Eze - ★★★

Weird Babies - Jaclyn Desforges

July 2026:

After Life - Gayle Forman - ★

Celtic Folk and Fairy Tales - Lari Don - ★★★★.¼

Culpability - Bruce Holsinger - ★★

Into a Golden Era - Gabrielle Meyer - ★★★★.½

Milk & Mocha: Our Little Moments - Melani Sie - ★★★.¼

Photographs of Emily and other stories - Annalisa Crawford - ★★★★.¼

This House Will Feed - Maria Tureaud - ★★.¾

June 2026:

(The) Amazing Chemistry in Your Home - Lenka Karpiskova - ★★★★

Automatic Noodle - Annalee Newitz - ★★.¾

(The) Bewitching - Silvia Moreno-Garcia - ★★.½

Dangerous Influence - Sally Nicholls - ★★★.½

(The) Dot - Peter H. Reynolds - ★★★★.¼

I Am Me: A Book of Authenticity - Susan Verde - ★★★★★

I Need a New Butt! - Dawn McMillan - ★★

(The) Infinite Sadness of Small Appliances - Glenn Dixon - ★★★

(The) Last Fifth Grade of Emerson Elementary - Laura Shovan - ★★★★.½

Letters to a Giant - Patricia Forde - ★★★★.¼

Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree - Robert E. Barry - ★★★★.½

My Dear You - Rachel Khong - ★★★.½

(The) Night Circus - Erin Morgenstern - ★★★★.¼

Nobody's Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice - Virginia Roberts Giuffre - ★★★★

Pocket Bear - Katherine Applegate - ★★★★.¼

Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir - ★★★.½

Rabbit Test and Other Stories - Samantha Mills - ★★★.¾

Separation of Church and Hate - John Fugelsang - ★★★★.½

Sky Color - Peter H. Reynolds - ★★★★.¼

Sweetbitter Song - Rosie Hewlett - ★.½

This is What a Slug Does - Mimi May - ★★★

This Story Might Save Your Life - Tiffany Crum - ★★.¾

To Dance with a Duke - Gabrielle Meyer - ★★★★

Too Old for This - Samantha Downing - ★★★.¼

(The) Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest - Aubrey Hartman - ★★★.¼

(The) Water Princess - Susan Verde - ★★★★★

Welcome to Marigold Horizons - Erin Forget - ★★★.¼

What A Wild Story, Minimoni! - Rocío Bonilla - ★★★★.¼

What the River Knows - Isabel Ibañez - ★

When Brian Met Terry - Russell Kane - ★★.¾

Wonderful - Louise Beech - ★★★★.¼

May 2026:

(A) Curious Kind of Magic - Mara Rutherford - ★★★★ 

Life Hacks for a Little Alien - Alice Franklin - ★★★★ 

(The) News from Dublin: Stories - Colm Tóibín - ★★

People Who Live Alone Talk Too Much - Sofi Stambo - ★★★.¼

(The) Princess Away Beyond the Mountains - Valeria Angela Pisi - ★★★.¼

(The) Rabbit Listened - Cori Doerrfeld - ★★★★★

Sire, Oleander isn't dead! [Yet] - T.I. Avens - ★★★.¼

Soul Feeder - Jennifer Killick - ★★.¾

(The) Sunset Sovereign: A Dragon's Memoir - Laura Huie - ★★★.¼

'Tis Thee, Not Me: A Modern Medieval Guide to Bad Dates and Worse Decisions - Clarice Tudor - ★★★★ 

What Does Grief Feel Like? - Korie Leigh - ★★★.½

When We Had Wings - Ariel Lawhon, Kristina McMorris, & Susan Meissner - ★★★.¾

(The) White Line - J.S. Helms - ★★.¾

April 2026:

Alice with a Why - Anna James - ★★★★ 

All the Perfect Days - Michael Thompson - ★★★.¾

(The) Astral Library - Kate Quinn - ★★.¾

(The) Awesome Physics in Your Home - The Amazing Theatre of Physics - ★★★.¾

Doubles - Nora Gold - ★★★★ 

(The) Enchanted Greenhouse - Sarah Beth Durst - ★★★★ 

Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It - Cory Doctorow - ★★★★.½

(The) Everlasting - Alix E. Harrow - ★★★

(A) Far Better Thing - H.G. Parry - ★★★.½

(The) Gift of Words - Peter H. Reynolds - ★★★★.¼

Hair Love - Matthew A. Cherry - ★★★★.¼

How to Build a Human: The Incredible Design of the Human Body - Scott Goldie - ★★★.½

I Didn't Ask For This - Jennie Wood - ★★.½

(The) Luminous Life of Lucy Landry - Anna Rose Johnson - ★★

Men Cry - Joan Turu - ★★★

Penelope Positano Sees It All - Katie Cotugno - ★★★.¼

(The) Pink Umbrella - Amélie Callot - ★★.¼

(A) River from the Sky - Ai Jiang - ★★.½

(The) Scarlet Forest: A Tale of Robin Hood - A.E. Chandler - ★★.¾

(The) Storyteller's Death - Ann Dávila Cardinal - ★.½

(The) Strange Lives of Eleanor Teague - M.K. Hill - ★★★★ 

(The) Temple of the Muses - Jane Davis - ★★★★ 

(A) Thread of Silent Echoes - Patrick Nzabonimpa - ★★★.½

Tuck Everlasting - Natalie Babbitt - ★.½

Vanya and the Wild Hunt - Sangu Mandanna - ★★★.¼

(The) Visit - Núria Figueras - ★★.¾

What's Love All About, Minimoni? - Rocío Bonilla - ★★★.½

When the Cranes Fly South - Lisa Ridzén - ★★★★

(The) Word Collector - Peter H. Reynolds - ★★★★

(The) Women of Wild Hill - Kirsten Miller - ★★★.¾

March 2026:

Before I Forget - Tory Henwood Hoen - ★★

(The) Best Dog in the World: Essays on Love - Edited by Alice Hoffman - ★★★★.¼

Chickenpox - Remy Lai - ★★★

(The) Cleansing - Vicky Alvear Shecter - ★★★.¾

(The) Crane Husband - Kelly Barnhill - ★★★★.½

Cursed Daughters - Oyinkan Braithwaite - ★★★.¼

Dragon Tales - Dav Pilkey - ★★★★.¼

(The) Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper - Hallie Rubenhold - ★★★★

(A) Flower Traveled in My Blood: The Incredible True Story of the Grandmothers Who Fought to Find a Stolen Generation of Children - Haley Cohen Gilliland - ★★★★.¼

Fustuk - Robert Mgrdich Apelian - ★★.½

(The) Green Kingdom - Cornelia Funke - ★★★.¼

How Mr. Felix Entered a Bicycle Race - Peter Svetina - ★★★.½

It's a Mom! - Abby Cooper - ★★★★.½

James - Percival Everett - ★★★

(The) Light a Candle Society - Ruth Hogan - ★★★.¾

Lulu and the Others: A True Story - Eliot Schrefer - ★★★.¼

My Gift - Raluca Sirbu - ★★★

Our Infinite Fates - Laura Steven - ★★.½

(The) Peddler - Elyssa S. Schwendy - ★★★.¼

(The) Poppy Fields - Nikki Erlick - ★★★★.¼

(The) Seven Year Slip - Ashley Poston - ★★.½

SuperFreddy - Luis Amavisca - ★★

Teaching Eddie to Fly - Katarína Macurová - ★★★★.¼

To Dogs, with Love: A Love Letter to the Dogs Who Help Us - Maria Gianferrari - ★★★★.¼

Too Many Toucans - Paula Bowles - ★★★★.¼

Totally Fine - Nick Spalding - ★★.½

What's for Dinner? - Larysa Maliush - ★★★.¾

(A) Woman's Work: Reclaiming the Radical History of Mothering - Elinor Cleghorn - ★★★.½

February 2026:

Armaveni: A Graphic Novel of the Armenian Genocide - Nadine Takvorian - ★★★.½

(The) Butterfly's Treasure - Marie-Fleur Borac - ★★

(The) Crane Wife (A Japanese Folktale) - Retold by Sumiko Yagawa - ★★★

(The) Final Score - Don Winslow - ★★★★.¼

(The) Forget-Me-Not Library - Heather Webber - ★★★★

(The) Grimoire Grammar School Parent Teacher Association - Caitlin Rozakis - ★★.¾

I Am Courage: A Book of Resilience - Susan Verde - ★★★.½

I Am One: A Book of Action - Susan Verde - ★★★

Isabella Nagg and the Pot of Basil - Oliver Darkshire - ★★.½

King Sorrow - Joe Hill - ★★

Madeline Finn and the Blessing of the Animals - Lisa Papp - ★★★★.¼

(The) Memory Box: a Book about Grief - Joanna Rowland - ★★★★.¼

(The) Nightingale (A Short Story) - Hans Christian Andersen - ★★★

Our Treasures Within - Pope Francis with Paul A. Reynolds - ★★★★★

Saltcrop - Yume Kitasei - ★★★.½

Selma–The Story of a Stellar Spider - Tini Malina - ★★★.½

Skysong - C.A. Wright - ★★★.½

(The) Tinder Box (A Short Story) - Hans Christian Andersen - ★★

Welcome, Uncle Nowruz: A Persian New Year's Story - Rashin Kheiriyeh - ★★★★.½

Wild That We're Alive: Momboy Comics - Lauren Haldeman - ★★

(The) Winter of the Dollhouse - Laura Amy Schlitz - ★★.¾

With the Heart of a Ghost: Stories - Lim Sunwoo - ★★★.¾

Women of a Promiscuous Nature - Donna Everhart - ★★★★.¼

January 2026:

(The) Arctic Cruise - Caroline James - ★★★.¼

(The) Bone People - Keri Hulme - ★.½

Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil - V.E. Schwab - ★★

(The) Children on the Hill - Jennifer McMahon - ★★★.¾

(The) Croatian Island Library - Eva Glyn - ★★★.½

Dark Chronicles - Karmen Špiljak - ★★★★ 

Death and Other Occupational Hazards - Veronika Dapunt - ★★★★.¼

(The) Garden of Shared Stories - Clare Swatman - ★★

(A) Guardian and a Thief - Megha Majumdar - ★★★★.¼

Every One Still Here: Stories - Liadan Ní Chuinn - ★★

(The) Invisible Stone: A Letter to a Powerful Girl - Carola Schmidt - ★★★★

(A) Little Princess - Frances Hodgson Burnett - ★★.½

Madeline Finn and the Therapy Dog - Lisa Papp - ★★★★★

Mother Mary Comes to Me - Arundhati Roy - ★★★★.½

One Second to Forever - Bree Harlow - ★★★

Red and the Wolves - Cherry Zong - ★★★

(The) Tale of Admiral Benbow - D.A. Holdsworth - ★★★

This Is the Only Book of Dad Jokes You’ll Ever Need: 302 of the Best and Most Cringeworthy Dad Jokes - Thomas Nowak - ★★★.½

To Love a Lady - Gabrielle Meyer - ★★★★.½

(A) Treatise on Martian Chiropractic Manipulation and Other Satirical Tales - Lisa Fox - ★★★.½