Tag: adult book recs

• Absurdly Funny Fantasy in Oliver Darkshire’s Isabella Nagg and the Pot of Basil

  Isabella Nagg and the Pot of Basil by Oliver Darkshire was recommended to me by a new member to my PhD Book Club, and with its description of cosy, witty, hilarious fantasy, I knew I needed to pick it up. I was quite surprised to find out this was only published in 2025, and I…

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  December 10, 2025

  adult fantasy

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• An Enchanting Fantasy Short Story in Amal El-Mohtar’s The River Has Roots

  If you’re looking for a short read to pass the time, whether you have only a few hours to spare or you reading mood has been reduced due to external circumstances, then The River Has Roots is something for you to check out. With it’s immersive prose, beautiful illustrations, and gripping tale, it is full…

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  December 9, 2025

  adult fantasy, YA Fantasy

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• Gripping Feminist Literature in Cho Nam-Joo’s Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982

  A global phenomenon and a book I have heard a lot about, Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 is one of those novels I have seen floating around bookish social media for some time now. It is also a novel that has never been shared without a good word in my circles. In hopes of expanding my…

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  December 8, 2025

  Contemporary Fiction, Foreign Lit

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• My Liz Tomforde The Windy City Series Review

  Reading the Windy City sports romance series by Liz Tomforde has bee na slow but steady process this year, and with Rewind it Back done, dusted, and fully settled in my heart, I feel now is the right time to get my series review up and out there in the world. This has been such…

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  December 6, 2025

  Contemporary Fiction, Discussion Posts, Romance

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• The Vanishing Season – The Nail-Biting Ending to Dot Hutchison’s Masterful Crime Fiction Series

  Dot Hutchison is lucky I haven’t met her, because I have many things I wish to say to her. Namely, how can she leave us readers to blubber and wipe our tears all on our lonesomes after that heartbreaking, beautiful read. The Vanishing Season is not the read I expected as a whole, but it…

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  December 3, 2025

  Crime Fiction

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• Caleb Azumah Nelson’s Open Water Will Touch Your Soul

  This novel had me hooked from the moment I started reading. Caleb Azumah Nelson’s Open Water is not only a powerful, poignant tale of the Black experience, but it is a novel that speaks to the soul. With its lush prose, vivid imagery, and deeply insightful commentary across the board, Open Water easily stands as…

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  December 2, 2025

  Contemporary Fiction, Poetry and Short Stories

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• Can I Trust Bookstagram Recs Now?

  After experiencing the highs, lows, hypes and underwhelm that Bookstagram has to offer, I started asking myself this question: can I trust Bookstagram recs now? I have caught myself a few times this year before I jumped on a bandwagon that I knew in my hearts of hearts wasn’t going to be for me. I…

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  November 29, 2025

  Discussion Posts

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• Stunning Short Stories in Claire Keegan’s Walk the Blue Fields

  What’s better than a Claire Keegan story? Multiple Claire Keegan stories! Walk the Blue Fields was a library book request I made following Foster, a story I absolutely adored, and I am so happy to have more works of hers in hand. Both gut-wrenching and grand, these stories will transport you and throw you into…

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  November 28, 2025

  Contemporary Fiction, Poetry and Short Stories

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• Fredrik Backman’s And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer is a Good Pain

  Though small, And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer is a mighty read. It is gentle and caring, yet packs a tremendous punch, and you can feel every drop of humility, love, and patience in this incredibly heartfelt read. This book rec only came across my radar maybe a week or two…

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  November 26, 2025

  Contemporary Fiction, Poetry and Short Stories

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• Adrienne Young’s A Sea of Unspoken Things – As Good As Her Others?

  I fell in love with Spells for Forgetting, spent my nights kicking my feet over The Unmaking of June Farrow, but it seems that A Sea of Unspoken Things has left me wanting more. This adult contemporary fantasy, set in the beautiful Six Rivers, Northern California, it was hoping for more goodness from an author…

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  November 24, 2025

  adult fantasy, Contemporary Fiction

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