This ingeniously paced and devilishly plotted domestic thriller starts off around the dinner table with one character dead and another holding the bloody knife. And they aren’t alone. The author leads us on a merry chase trying to figure out who truly did the deed!
Read MoreFrom start to finish we get quintessential Coben; lots of twists and turns, crackling dialogue, intriguing motivations and a fast pace. A perfect escapist read for a lazy weekend!
Read MoreExpertly plotted, brimming with 80’s nostalgia and supernatural ambience, this book might keep you up reading late into the night.
Read MoreI wouldn’t want to be a character in a Stephen King book. Just going about my life, thinking my thoughts and then…bam! Thrust head long into a level of terror that sinks it claws and teeth in. But being on the outside, looking in? It sure is a delight.
Read MoreHow We Were Beautiful - Imbolo Mbue
Destransition, Baby - Torrey Peters
The Push - Ashley Audrain
Crying In The H Mart - Michelle Zauner
The Other Black Girl - Zakiya Dalila Harris
Girl A - Abigail Dean
Silence Is A Sense - Layla AlAmarr
Outlawed - Anne North
Girl, Women, Other - Bernardine Evaristo
Dusk Night Dawn - Anne Lamott
Long Bright River - Liz Moore
The Chosen & The Beautiful - Nghi Yo
Ace Of Spades - Faridan Abike-IyImide
With Teeh - Kristen Arnett
Hunger - Roxanne Gay
You Can't Touch My Hair - Phoebe Robinson
My Own Words - Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Act Like A Lady - Keltie Knight
Too Fat Too Slutty Too Loud - Anne Helen Petersen
The Fifth Season - N.K. Jemisin
Sandman - Neil Gaiman
From Blood & Ash - Jennifer L. Armentrout
House Of Earth & Blood- Sarah J. Maas
Furyborn - Claire Legrand
The Hundredth Queen - Emily R. King
Dark Matter - Blake Crouch
Red Rising - Pierce Brown
Once & Future Witches - Alix E. Harrow
History Of What Comes Next - Sylvain Neuvel
Cinderella Is Dead - Kalynn Bayron
The Unspoken Name - A.K. Larkwood
Riot Baby - Tochi Onyebuchi
Binti - Ninedi Okorafor
We Could Be Heroes - Mike Chen
Axioms End - Lindsay Ellis
Remote Control - Ninedi Okorafor
Witches Steeped In Gold - Ciannon Smart
A Darker Shade Of Magic - V.E. Schwab
To turn youngsters into readers one must blur the edges, delve into unchartered territories and push boundaries to flame a life-long hunger for the written word.
Thankfully I have plenty of matches!
Read MoreI am a parent to no child but will evangelize to any young person I am in the vicinity of about how lucky they are in regard to the books available to them today. It’s a selection entirely too good to be left only for the young, we old folks are indulging in this bounty as well!
Read MoreDespite the setting of this locked room thriller being in a seemingly innocuous revamped hotel which was once a hospital, all kinds of red flags there, this story stood out. A gothic vibe and compelling characters set this one apart, albeit only slightly.
Read MoreIf you delve deeply enough into the books we choose to read, more often than not you will reveal a connection to something recognizable. That in fact they capture contemporary narratives from the bones of centuries of storytelling. Mythologies, legends, classics and fairytales have all been plundered for plot in myriad of ways and a upon myriad of occasions that proves incalculable.
Read MoreA copycat killing of a teenager 25 years after the original murder reopens old wounds in a small town. At its core this novel is about how the past encroaches on the present and how oftentimes it becomes harder and harder to distinguish one from the other.
Read MoreA slow burn of a book that dispenses the unexpected in ways you might think are more benign to your sensibilities; but give it a minute.
Read MoreWhen her favourite true crime podcast host Rachel goes missing, Sera, a young woman adrift in her own life, sets out to investigate and plunges headfirst into her own dangerous obsession. The lure of a plot where the hunter becomes the hunted set against the true crime podcast culture should have delivered a better reading experience.
Read MoreWhat if you discovered your husband was having an affair with his wife? Yes, you read that properly. This book has a lot to love; weird science, murder, bad romance and the unspooling of enough twists to leave the reader with a serious case of whiplash.
Read MoreCall Me Maybe - Cara Bristone
The Flatshare - Beth O'Leary
Me Before You - JoJo Moyes
One To Watch - Kate Staymon London
Ayesha At Last - Uzma Jalaluddin
Beach Read - Emily Henry
Silver Linings Playbook - Matthew Quick
Time Travelers Wife - Audrey Niffenengger
Chocolat - Joanne Harris
Forever, Interrupted - Taylor Jenkins Reid
Hollywood Wives - Jackie Collins
Princess Bride - William Goldman
Ghosting: A Love Story - Tash Skilton
Simmer Down - Sarah Smith
Mr. Perfect - Linda Howard
Dark Lover - J.R. Ward
Bridgerton: Duke ! & 2 - Julia Quinn
If I Was Your Girl - Meredith Russo
Roller Girl - Vanessa North
How Beautiful We Were - Imbolo Mbue
The Hate U Give - Angie Thomas
Black Buck - Mateo Askaripour
Razorblade Tears - S.A. Crosby
The Other Black Girl - Zakiya Dallila Harris
The Vanishing Half - Brit Bennet
Such A Fun Age - Kiley Reid
The Prophets - Robert Jones Jr.
Final Revival Of Opal & Nev - Dawnie Walton
I've Been Meaning To Tell You - David Chariandy
Until The Flood -Dael Orlandersmith
The Truths We Hold - Kamala Harris
Lead From The Outside - Stacey Abrams
Born A Crime - Trevor Noah
Just As I Am - Cicely Tyson
Four Hundred Souls - Ibram X. Kendi & Keisha N. Blain
Heavy - Kiese Laymon
Last Black Unicorn - Tiffany Haddish
Notes From A Young Black Chef - Kwame Onwuachi
If I could only choose one group social activity for the rest of my life it would be the dinner party. This intimate gathering of hand-picked individuals can be full of laughter and engaging conversation or high drama and the catastrophic unveiling of deeply buried secrets.
Read MoreWhatever you might end up saying for or against this book, the opening sentence certainly grabs hold.
“Ted McKay was about to put a bullet through his brain when the doorbell rang.”
Read MoreA profoundly moving exploration of the ways in which the decisions we make can have life changing outcomes, and almost never in the ways we expect.
Read MoreIf you are a regular purveyor of Cracking The Spine, you will undoubtedly have figured out by now that I love books on language, particularly those that focus on word play. This collection of expressions is the largest of its kind and is curated and categorized in unique and fun ways.
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