February 23, 2026
Book Reviews Historical Fiction Mystery Thriller

Long Lost Midwife by Skye Smith: A captivating mystery thriller

In Long Lost Midwife, Skye Smith drops a simmering domestic standoff into segregated 1930s St. Louis—and lets it burn. What starts as one.

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Action Adventure Book Reviews Fantasy

Trapped by Bella Olson: A Glitter-Bomb Escape Room With Heart

If you’ve ever wished a middle grade adventure could feel like an escape room designed by a kid with unlimited glitter, snacks, and.

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Book Reviews Fiction Teens

The Thin Door by Rho Weber Mack: A fascinating example of storytelling

The Thin Door is a YA coming-of-age slipstream tale where a teen steps through a reality-bending “thin door” and must untangle who she.

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Book Reviews Drama Fantasy

Wooden Dolls Game by Ivonne Hoyos – A Haunting Tale of Sisters, Time, and Consequences

Wooden Dolls Game is a dark, emotional family drama with a speculative twist. Instead of grand sci-fi mechanics, it gives us something more.

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Book Reviews Horror

The Chosen Tenant: Metaphors, Medication, and the Horror of Being Functional

The Chosen Tenant takes a deliciously unnerving “what if” and refuses to let you look away: what if the way your brain processes.

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Book Reviews Poetry

Peering Into Infinity: Mirrors of Love & Grief By Steven Lewis — Grief, Unarmored

Peering Into Infinity: Mirrors of Love & Grief is a poetry collection that stares straight at the kind of loss most of us.

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Book Reviews Children's Book

A Friend for Hope by Amie White and Olena Oprich: A great starting point to get kids into reading

Loneliness isn’t an emotion reserved for adults—kids feel it, too, often in quieter ways. A Friend for Hope by Amie White, illustrated by.

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Book Reviews Thriller

Have You Seen Him by Kimberly Lee – Greatness from small beginnings

David sees his face looking back at him. Him. But not him. The features are skewed, giving a rough approximation of what a.

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Book Reviews Historical Fiction

The Legacy of Prairie Winds by Glenda K Clare – Prairie Winds, Iron Roots

This is a generational prairie saga that cares less about plot twists and more about the slow, grinding truth of making a life.

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Book Reviews Fiction

The Second Life of Diane Sterling by Michael Wegman – The mathematics of loving those you cannot save

Three weeks and twelve thousand, eight hundred forty-seven dollars and thirty two cents later, Diane Sterling finds herself on the fifty-third story of.

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