Vivian Conroy: Last Pen Standing

Last Pen Standing (A Stationary Shop Mystery #1)by Vivian Conroy (cozy mystery) Rating: 3 stars This is a fun cozy mystery that follows Delta, the new part-owner of a stationary shop, as she tries to solve a murder to clear her friend and co-owner's name of the crime. It's enjoyable for a fluff read, though...

Reimena Yee: Séance Tea Party

Séance Tea Partywritten and illustrated by Reimena Yee (middle grade graphic novel) Rating: 5 stars This is an absolutely adorable middle-grade graphic novel about growing up, whether you're ready to or not. It focuses on a tween who's scared to lose the magic of childhood when she grows up, and the ghost BFF who helps...

Margot Lee Shetterly: Hidden Figures

Hidden Figuresby Margot Lee Shetterlynarrated by Robin Miles (non-fiction) Rating: 4 starsRepresentation: black women in history! This book highlights something that most of us weren't aware of before its publication (and in some cases, before the movie based on the book came out): the calculations done to maximize efficiency on a lot of planes—and those...

Helen Harper: Slouch Witch

Slouch Witch (The Lazy Girl's Guide to Magic #1)by Helen Harper (urban fantasy) Rating: 5 stars This is a really enjoyable urban fantasy set in a version of our world where magic is an accepted part of the natural order of things. (However, magic and technology don't play well together, so magic is seen as...

Agatha Christie: Death on the Nile

Death on the Nile (Hercule Poirot #17)by Agatha Christie (murder mystery) Rating: 3.5 starsContent: it's a murder mystery... there is murder, though it's not very graphicRepresentation: not a whole lot: it's mostly white, entirely straight, and the POC present are in low positions At the start of this book, I wasn't sure I was going...