“Half His Age” is a novel following seventeen-year-old Waldo, a sharp, lonely, depressed, and always-wanting girl who becomes enamoured by her creative writing teacher, Mr. Korgy, who’s twice her age, married with a family, and a self-proclaimed failure.
Book Review: Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel
“Sea of Tranquility” is a time travel novel about art, love, humanity, and the plague. We follow multiple journeys: the exiled Edwin St. Andrew, who travels to Vancouver Island in 1912, Mirella Kessler, who in a pre-pandemic 2020 is in search for her long lost friend Vincent Alkaitis, Olive Llewellyn, a famous postapocalyptic author who is on Earth’s last book tour in 2023, and finally Gaspery-Jacques Roberts, who works as a hotel detective on a Moon colony in 2401.
Book Review: Regretting You by Colleen Hoover
“Regretting You” is a contemporary romance novel that follows the strained relationship between a mother (Morgan Grant) and her teenage daughter (Clara Grant), after the passing of the family’s anchor (Chris Grant), their husband and father, respectively.
Book Review: Pumpkinheads by Rainbow Rowell
“Pumpkinheads” features the wholesome friendship between Deja and Josiah, who work together during every Halloween season. However, this is their last Halloween at the patch together, as next year the pair will go off to college. But Deja is determined not to let this final day go to waste. She wants to bring Josiah out of his shell and to pass their last day with no regrets. How? By abandoning their post at the Succotash Hut, where they’ve always worked, for a day of adventure and treats at the patch instead.
Book Review: An Archive of Romance (A Study in Drowning) by Ava Reid
“An Archive of Romance” is a collection of letters, poems, art, diary entries, and other illustrations of Effy and Preston that take place during the A Study in Drowning duology, as well as the lovers’ final epilogue.
Book Review: A Theory of Dreaming (A Study in Drowning #2) by Ava Reid
“A Theory of Dreaming” is the sequel to the book A Study in Drowning, continuing the story of Effy Sayre and her academic nemesis-turned-lover, Preston Héloury.
Book Review: A Study in Drowning (A Study in Drowning #1) by Ava Reid
“A Study in Drowning” follows Effy Sayre and her nemesis Preston Héloury, as they are tasked to redesign Hiraeth Manor, the family house of the deceased but highly beloved author Emrys Myrddin.
Book Review: Sunrise on the Reaping (The Hunger Games #0.5) by Suzanne Collins
“Sunrise on the Reaping” is another prequel to The Hunger Games series. In this book, we follow Haymitch Abernathy as he’s thrusted into the 50th Hunger Games, also known as the second Quarter Quell, which held double the number of contestants. (In the original trilogy, Haymitch is the District 12 grumpy alcoholic mentor of Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark during the 75th Hunger Games.) Now, we get a glance at Haymitch’s tragic backstory – ripped away from his loved one, tasked to both fight and survive while protecting contestants from his District, and destined to fail in the Capitol’s deadly games.
12 Most Anticipated Fall Book Releases of 2025
Here are my 12 most anticipated fall book releases of 2025. Every single author on this list is a favourite author of mine, meaning, I’d pre-order and read everything and anything they publish. I am so incredibly excited for another brilliant fall reading list.
Book Review: Her Body & Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado
Her Body & Other Parties is a feminist short story collection that grapples with the horrors of the female experience, particularly in relation to female bodies, identities, as well as personal autonomy and storytelling.
Book Review: Our Fault (Culpable #3) by Mercedes Ron
“Our Fault” is the final book in the Culpable trilogy, a forbidden romance between step-siblings. Since their breakup, Nick and Noah have mostly been apart this last year, but fate brings them back together as their best friends, Jenna and Lion, are getting married.
Book Review: Your Fault (Culpable #2) by Mercedes Ron
“Your Fault” is the sequel to the Culpable series. Tension rises as circumstances keep Nick and Noah apart: Noah moves to her university campus while Nick handles his father’s law firm. Meanwhile, their parents and the people around them exert themselves to keep the step-siblings turned lovers apart.
