Kirsten and I recently had a discussion about speculative fiction novels and what constitutes speculative fiction. It turns ...

Every year, Kirsten and I love to find new ways to celebrate books for summer and knew books set on an island would be ...

This year, I read a number of books that I loved with a clear antiheroine. These characters are flawed and should be unlikable, yet somehow, I was laughing ...

I love a family drama book, but there is something even more captivating about multigenerational novels. I love seeing multiple generations together, connected in some way. Sometimes the generations ...

Harper Graham’s Maple Falls series started with The Cinnamon Spice Inn. But my first introduction to the Maple Falls series was actually The Spiced Cocoa Cafe, which I read for our Christmas roundup ...

Small Town Romance Novels have become very popular in the past few years. Kirsten and I love them! There is something so cozy about letting go of the stresses of big cities and getting to know the ...

Laurie Gilmore shot to the bestseller list with the first book in the Dream Harbor series, The Pumpkin Spice Cafe. With so many books in that series, and the start of Laurie’s second series, Maple ...

Watch on YouTube This week on the Read Carpet Report, Jackie and Kirsten talk about museum books. In the Read Carpet Rundown, they discuss The Love Hypothesis, which is headed to Prime, and they’ve ...

Each colorful block below represents the best book in a subgenre. Click on the arrow to reveal my “best” pick in any category. You’ll also be able to use a page jump to see more books in that section.