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  • The Chase: By Lisa Harris | Book Review Podcast

    The Chase: By Lisa Harris 

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    "An excellent thriller with well-drawn characters and the suspenseful start to Harris's new US Marshals series."--Booklist


    "There are so many unexpected twists and turns that I was engaged from beginning until end. I can't wait for the next book in the series."--Relz Reviewz

    3 min
  • The Hidden Palace: By Helene Wecker | Book Review Podcast

    The Hidden Palace: By Helene Wecker

    Website: https://gobookmart.com

    “A blend of romance, Mary Shelley-esque horror, and folklore…. Wecker skillfully combines the storylines of Chava the Golem and Ahmad the Jinni and numerous other players, good and evil, in an enchanting tale that pleases on every page.”                             -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review)


    “Impressive…storytelling à la Dickens…A satisfying, mature sequel to The Golem and the Jinni, continuing the magical story of two immigrant mythological characters from the turn of the 20th century to the outbreak of WWI.”                           -- Publishers Weekly

    “Spanning more than a decade and touching on major early-twentieth-century events, such as the Triangle fire, the sinking of the Titanic, and the beginning of WWI, Wecker's second outing blends Jewish and Middle Eastern mythology within a vibrant historical setting.” -- Booklist

    "Richly nuanced and beautiful.  . . . Wecker skillfully draws together these disparate lives and characters in an immersive and magical tale of loneliness, love, and finding hope.” -- Buzzfeed

    3 min
  • Dream Girl: By Laura Lippman | Book Review Podcast

    Dream Girl: By Laura Lippman

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    "With this tip of the hat to Stephen King's Misery, Dream Girl is funny and suspenseful, with a dread-worthy final twist." -- People


    “My dream novel. I devoured this in three days. The sharpest, clearest-eyed take on our #MeToo reckoning yet. Plus: enthralling." -- Megan Abbott, Edgar Award-winning author of Dare Me and The Fever

    "Perceptive, often amusing insights into a writer’s mind make this a standout. Lippman is in top form for this enticingly witty, multilayered guessing game." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review)

    "Lippman never stops twisting the plot into a deliciously intricate pretzel, right up to the jaw-dropping finale. This is both a beguiling look at the mysteries of authorship and a powerful #MeToo novel, but that's only the tip of a devilishly jagged iceberg..." -- Booklist (starred review)

    "Lippman (Lady in the Lake) nods at Stephen King and Alfred Hitchcock in this hair-raising tale, but makes it wholly hers and completely riveting. She conveys the horror of being housebound and reliant on strangers, as well as the fear of losing one’s mind. It’s a page-turning, plot-twisting masterpiece." -- Library Journal (starred review)

    “The closest writer America has to Ruth Rendell.... What makes this book special, even extraordinary, is that the crossword puzzle aspect is secondary...[Lady in the Lake] reflects the gulf which then existed between what women were expected to be and what they aspired to be.” -- Stephen King, New York Times Book Review, on The Lady in the Lake

    “Don’t miss this novel.”  -- Anna Quindlen, New York Times bestselling author, on The Lady in the Lake

    “A cavalcade of narrators—including Cleo’s ghost, who wants Maddie to stop poking into her world—and Lippman’s expert storytelling bring the city’s tensions wondrously to life.”  -- People on The Lady in the Lake

    “Inspired by the unsolved death of Shirley Parker... Lippman’s ambitious novel weaves some twenty points of view into a seamless, vivid whole. The novel demonstrates that Lippman, a former Baltimore Sun reporter, is both a skilled journalist and a masterful novelist.”  -- Washington Post on The Lady in the Lake

    3 min
  • Hairpin Bridge: By Taylor Adams | Book Review Podcast

    Hairpin Bridge by Taylor Adams

    Website: https://gobookmart.com

    "A shot of adrenaline straight to the heart! Propulsive and unpredictable, Hairpin Bridge will have you on edge from the first page to the last." -- Riley Sager, New York Times bestselling author of Home Before Dark


    “Taylor Adams’s fourth stand-alone thriller moves at about 150 miles per hour until its closing scene, which is still and tender . . . A novel that’s part action flick and part affecting rumination on moral responsibility within families.”
    -- Washington Post

    "Hairpin Bridge reads like a Stephen King novel and is especially reminiscent of Misery in how the characters shape-shift as the narrative progresses, leaving the reader wondering who is more dangerous—and more importantly, which one will prevail." -- BookPage

    "Adams follows his debut, 2019’s No Exit, with another dazzling thriller. . . . Adams is a writer to watch." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review)

    "There are certainly thriller elements, here, and in fact stretches of this book all but grip your wrists, but its deepest pleasures come from the mystery, the masterfully controlled revelations of what really happened at and off that bridge as the sister of the woman who died in that plunge uncovers them. That sister is a fully realized character, and getting to know her puts us in intimate touch with the victim, too—and, as really good fiction can (let’s recall)—with ourselves, too." -- Shawangunk Journal

    The pace is breakneck, with Taylor Adams exhibiting exquisite control of his craft and material as he leads readers through the plot’s many revelations and reversals. . . . Violent, occasionally bizarre, and overall deeply heartfelt, this was one heck of a journey—one I’m extremely glad I took. -- CriminalElement.com

    3 min
  • Six Weeks to Live: By Catherine McKenzie | Book Review Podcast

    Six Weeks to Live By Catherine McKenzie

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    “Just when you think you know what’s happening…there’s a new twist, a new piece of information, a new direction. Unpredictable and captivating, Six Weeks to Live had me mesmerized right up to the shocking end.”

    —Samantha Downing, bestselling author of My Lovely Wife and He Started It

    “Six Weeks to Live begins with a devastating premise, then takes the reader on the most unexpected ride as a mother seeks to uncover the truth about the illness that is about to take her life. With skillful plotting and flawless narration, McKenzie weaves together past and present in this twisty, page-turning and, ultimately, heartbreaking novel. Thoroughly enjoyable!”
    —Wendy Walker, bestselling author of Don't Look for Me

    "Every time I open the covers on a Catherine McKenzie novel, I know I'm in for a ride. Six Weeks to Live proves my theory right yet again. With its impeccable plotting and ticking clock, it is the best kind of domestic suspense—a story both heartbreaking and visceral, surprising yet inevitable. Jennifer and her triplets will shock you from start to finish."
    —JT Ellison, New York Times bestselling author of Her Dark Lies and Good Girls Lie

    “Telling a multi-layered story is not easy, but Catherine McKenzie does it with ease, without revealing too much and letting the reader guess what is to come.”
    —Mystery and Suspense Magazine

    “A twisty tale of secrets and lies that reverberate across generations of a dysfunctional family. Gripping and unputdownable.”
    — Michele Campbell, internationally bestselling author of The Wife Who Knew Too Much

    3 min
  • The Whispering Dead: By Darcy Coates | Book Review Podcast

    The Whispering Dead By Darcy Coates

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    "Darcy Coates will have you gripping the covers with the immediately entertaining The Whispering Dead." - BookPage

    "Readers will enjoy this quick-paced atmospheric thriller." - Booklist

    "Darcy Coates (The Haunting of Ashburn House; Craven Manor) adeptly sets up a quick-paced plot...There's nothing like a good ghost story to curl up with on a dark and stormy night" - Shelf Awareness

    "Fans of eerie ghost stories will be hooked" - Publishers Weekly

    3 min
  • A Desolation Called Peace: By Arkady Martine | Book Review Podcast

    A Desolation Called Peace by Arkady Martine

    Website: https://gobookmart.com

    “A mesmerizing debut . . . it left me utterly dazzled.”―The New York Times Book Review


    "[A] gorgeously crafted diplomatic space opera . . . Readers will eagerly away the planned sequels to this impressive debut."―Publishers Weekly, starred review

    "Politics and personalities blend with an immersive setting and beautiful prose in a debut that weaves threads of identity, assimilation, technology, and culture to offer an exceedingly well-done sf political thriller."―Library Journal, starred review

    "This is both an epic and a human story, successful in the mode of Ann Leckie and Yoon Ha Lee. A confident beginning with the promise of future installments that can't come quickly enough."―Kirkus, starred review

    3 min
  • The Kingdoms: By Natasha Pulley | Book Review Podcast

    The Kingdoms: By Natasha Pulley | Book Review Podcast

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    "Speculative fiction and historical fiction are closer cousins than one might think, and alternate-history novels can give enterprising writers the chance to work in both genres at once. Fans of such stories will be richly entertained by the lavish world-building and breakneck plotting of Natasha Pulley’s The Kingdoms…Beautiful, surreal imagery appears throughout the novel, too...Clear a weekend if you can, and let yourself be absorbed." - The New York Times Book Review


    "Natasha Pulley poses such a beguiling set of questions at the opening of The Kingdoms that even readers who are resistant to speculative fiction will barrel forward to discover the answers…The Kingdoms is interested not only in the adventure of its historical and imaginative plot, but also in what it would actually feel like to slip out of time…Thoughtful, inventive, and moody…an insightful meditation on how a sense of oneself can be lost – and found." - USA Today

    "Pulley’s latest genre-bending feat (after The Lost Future of Pepperharrow) masterfully combines history, speculative fiction, queer romance, and more into an unputdownable whole. . . This is a stunner." - Publishers Weekly, starred review

    "Natasha Pulley’s The Kingdoms is an intricate plot, for sure, but you get swept up in the narrative. If this sounds like the type of book you’re drawn to ― epic! time travel! history! ― you know who you are." - Alma

    3 min
  • Somebody's daughter: By Ashley C. Ford | Book Review Podcast

    Somebody's daughter: By Ashley C. Ford

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    “This is a book people will be talking about forever.” ―Glennon Doyle, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Untamed


    "Somebody’s Daughter is the heart-wrenching yet equally witty and wondrous story of how Ford came through the fire and emerged triumphant, as her own unapologetic, Black-girl self." ―The New York Times

    "Somebody’s Daughter will leave readers gasping for air." ―Natachi Onwuamaegbu, The Boston Globe

    “Sure to be one of the best memoirs of 2021.” ―Kirkus Reviews, starred review

    "Gorgeous, profoundly moving, and historically important ― by a terrific writer." ―Min Jin Lee, author of the New York Times bestseller and National Book Award Finalist Pachinko

    "Armed with the insight and lessons from her youth, the author emerged as a bright young college student who learned to love herself for who she was and who she has yet to become." ―The New York Journal Review of Books

    "With a lucidity that is almost a superpower, [Ford] transports us into her singular experience of growing up poor and Black and female in Fort Wayne, Ind." ―People magazine, Book of the Week

    "A thoughtful debut. Ford writes with a flush and sophisticated pen. But the heartbeat of Ford’s firstborn is her ability to pinpoint critical moments on her self-discovering journey, and, like Baldwin and Abdurraqib, find respectable ways to perform and not drown in her suffering." ―USA Today

    3 min

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"Booklicious" is a podcast that focuses on books and all things literary. It is the ultimate destination for book lovers and those who want to dive deeper into the world of books. Each episode features in-depth discussions on a wide range of books, from classic literature to the latest bestsellers. The hosts bring their passion and expertise to the table as they share insights, opinions, and behind-the-scenes stories about the books they love.

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