I loved returning to the Lady Astronaut universe after several years. This installment looks at the Second Mars Expedition, and the start of the permanent colony. Elma York is back as the first-person narrator, and this book brings her arc to a satisfying point, if not the end of her adventures.
A cozy mystery set on a generation spaceship, Murder by Memory features a practical, wise, and observant detective who unexpectedly finds herself inhabiting the body of… a murderer? A victim? Or both?
I loved The Teller of Small Tales, Julie Leong’s debut novel. It’s a cozy quest fantasy with a found-family vibe, set in a vaguely British renaissance-era world.
I read Mind Games twice in 2024 and once (already) in 2025, which tells you something about how good it is; the book has already joined the ranks of my favorite non-fantasy Nora Roberts novels. Written with Roberts’s usual skill, Mind Games pits Thea Fox, a young woman with the sight, against the psychopath who killed her parents. . .
The third Penhallow brother meets his match in The Wedding Witch! A delightfully funny, slightly spooky witchy romance, perfect for the season.
Identity by Nora Roberts Published by St. Martin’s Press on May 23, 2023 Genres: Romantic suspense Pages: 448 Format: eARC Source: the publisher Purchase: Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Audible | Chirp Add to Goodreads Also by this author: Dark Witch, Shadow Spell, The Collector, Night Moves, Whiskey Beach,… April 28, 2023 Lark_Bookwyrm Book Reviews 5 ★★★★
Like Lovers Do Series: Girls Trip #2 Published by Avon on Aug. 25, 2020 Genres: Contemporary Romance Format: eARC Source: the publisher Purchase: Amazon | Bookshop | Barnes & Noble | Audible Add to Goodreads Sometimes faking it can lead to the real thing… Driven and focused, Dr. Nicole Allen… August 7, 2020 Lark_Bookwyrm Book Reviews 5 ★★★★½
The Dog Who Lost His Bark by Eoin Colfer Illustrator: P. J. Lynch Published by Candlewick Press on Sept. 10, 2019 Genres: Children’s Books Pages: 144 Format: eARC Source: the publisher Purchase: Amazon | Bookshop | Barnes & Noble Add to Goodreads A warm, uplifting story about a boy, his… August 3, 2020 Lark_Bookwyrm Book Reviews 1 ★★★★
Watson on the Orient Express by Anna Elliott, Charles Veley Published by Wilton Press on April 6, 2020 Genres: Historical Mystery Pages: 203 Format: eARC, Kindle or ebook Source: the publisher Purchase: Amazon | Bookshop | Barnes & Noble Add to Goodreads Also by this author: The Last Moriarty A… April 23, 2020 Lark_Bookwyrm Book Reviews 5 ★★★½
The Last Passenger by Charles Finch Series: Charles Lenox #0.3 Published by Minotaur Books on Feb. 18, 2020 Genres: British mystery, Historical Mystery Pages: 304 Format: eARC Source: the publisher Purchase: Amazon | Bookshop | Barnes & Noble | Audible Add to Goodreads Also in this series: An Old Betrayal,… February 27, 2020 Lark_Bookwyrm Book Reviews 2 ★★★★★
