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Image description: Book review graphic for In the Middle of Hickory Lane by Heather Webber featuring an audiobook player displaying the book cover beside a close-up photograph of a bee collecting pollen from a white flower.

Book Review: In the Middle of Hickory Lane by Heather Webber

Posted on June 12, 2026 by Jami Fairleigh
In the Middle of Hickory Lane by Heather Webber In the Middle of Hickory Lane: Forge Books (2022) | Macmillan Audio (2022) 320 Pages Amazon | Bookshop.org | Audible | Libro.fm Book Description Emme Wynn has wanted nothing more her...Read More
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Book Review: The White Octopus Hotel by Alexandra Bell

Posted on June 5, 2026 by Jami Fairleigh
The White Octopus Hotel by Alexandra Bell The White Octopus Hotel: Del Rey (2025) 432 Pages Amazon | Bookshop.org Book Description London, 2015. When reclusive art appraiser Eve Shaw shakes the hand of a silver-haired gentleman in her office, the warmth...Read More
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Book Review: A Harvest of Hearts by Andrea Eames

Posted on May 29, 2026May 29, 2026 by Jami Fairleigh
A Harvest of Hearts by Andrea Eames A Harvest of Hearts: Erewhon Books (2025) 464 Pages Amazon | Bookshop.org Book Description Everyone in Foss Butcher’s village knows what happens when the magic-workers come; they harvest human hearts to use in...Read More
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Book Review: The Beginner’s Goodbye by Anne Tyler

Posted on April 24, 2026 by Jami Fairleigh
The Beginner’s Goodbye by Anne Tyler The Beginner’s Goodbye: Knopf (2012) 208 Pages Amazon | Bookshop.org Book Description Crippled in his right arm and leg, Aaron grew up fending off a sister who constantly wanted to manage him. So when...Read More
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Book Review: The Hollow Places by T. Kingfisher

Posted on April 10, 2026 by Jami Fairleigh
The Hollow Places by T. Kingfisher The Hollow Places: Gallery Books (2020) 352 Pages Amazon | Bookshop.org Book Description Pray they are hungry. Kara finds the words in the mysterious bunker that she’s discovered behind a hole in the wall...Read More
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Book Review: Cosmic Love at the Multiverse Hair Salon by Annie Mare

Posted on April 3, 2026 by Jami Fairleigh
Cosmic Love at the Multiverse Hair Salon by Annie Mare Cosmic Love at the Multiverse Hair Salon: Ace (2025) | Penguin Audio (2025) 384 Pages Amazon | Bookshop.org | Audible | Libro.fm Book Description Tressa Fay Robeson has never been...Read More
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Book Review: Six Wakes by Mur Lafferty

Posted on March 13, 2026March 11, 2026 by Jami Fairleigh
Six Wakes by Mur Lafferty Six Wakes: Orbit (2017) 402 Pages Amazon | Bookshop.org Book Description Maria Arena awakens in a cloning vat streaked with drying blood. She has no memory of how she died. This is new; before, when...Read More
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Book Review: The Forget-Me-Not Library by Heather Webber

Posted on March 6, 2026March 7, 2026 by Jami Fairleigh
The Forget-Me-Not Library by Heather Webber The Forget-Me-Not Library: St. Martin's Press (2025) 352 Pages Amazon | Bookshop.org Book Description Juliet Nightingale is lucky to be alive. Months after a freak accident involving lightning, she’s fully recovered but is left...Read More
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Book Review: Hemlock & Silver by T. Kingfisher

Posted on February 20, 2026 by Jami Fairleigh
Hemlock & Silver by T. Kingfisher Hemlock & Silver: Tor Books (2025) 384 Pages Amazon | Bookshop.org Book Description Healer Anja regularly drinks poison. Not to die, but to save—seeking cures for those everyone else has given up on. But...Read More
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Book Review: Sourdough by Robin Sloan

Posted on February 13, 2026 by Jami Fairleigh
Sourdough by Robin Sloan Sourdough: MCD (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2017) | Macmillan Audio (2017) (272) Pages Amazon | Bookshop.org | Audible | Libro.fm Book Description Lois Clary is a software engineer at General Dexterity, a San Francisco robotics company...Read More
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Book Review: The Grimoire Grammar School Parent Teacher Association by Caitlin Rozakis

Posted on January 30, 2026 by Jami Fairleigh
The Grimoire Grammar School Parent Teacher Association by Caitlin Rozakis The Grimoire Grammar School Parent Teacher Association: Titan Books (2025) 367 Pages Amazon | Bookshop.org Book Description When Vivian’s kindergartner, Aria, gets bitten by a werewolf, she is rapidly inducted...Read More
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Book Review: The Summer War by Naomi Novik

Posted on January 16, 2026 by Jami Fairleigh
The Summer War by Naomi Novik The Summer War: Del Ray (2025) 144 Pages Amazon | Bookshop.org Book Description Celia discovered her talent for magic on the day her beloved oldest brother, Argent, left home. Furious at him for abandoning...Read More

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