I find Amy Harmon’s writing consistently enjoyable. She is particularly good at developing engaging characters and a well-paced story, even if it spans several years, as is the case with her book The Second Blind Son.
Alix E. Harrow’s The Once and Future Witches is beautifully written, with an adept combination of several themes and genres – historical fiction, feminism, witchcraft, family, and even coming-of-age.
Although Jennifer Mathieu’s Moxie is a little over-stuffed with feminist issues, the book’s mission is accomplished with a good dose of humor and heart.
I want Kate Racculia’s Tuesday Mooney Talks to Ghosts to be a movie. I want to see the characters in the flesh – they were each so totally distinct and full and fun. And I want to see Boston come alive on the screen as a love letter to the city plays out in this fantastic book.
Matt Haig’s The Midnight Library is a case of the right book coming to me at the right time; it might be my favorite read this year. Although there are content warnings for death, grief, addiction, depression/anxiety, and suicide, this somehow manages to be an endearing, funny, inspiring, philosophical, and ultimately redeeming book.
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