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Oasis

"The desert . . . . it’ll devour you whole if you display any sign of weakness." Author: Katya De Becerra While I was reading Oasis, Trav and I were housebound by the Snowcrete, so a book set in a lovely hot desert with supernatural overtones sounded like the perfect way to break the ice and free me to adventure, if only in my mind. It starts, as these things inevitably do, with a band of young friends, freshly graduated from high school and looking for their last hurrah before going off to separate colleges. Alif is our main character. Her [...]

Frances Carden2026-04-09T17:50:16-07:00April 9th, 2026|Tags: book of the month, book review, botm, fantasy, legend, read, reading, ya|

Resort, The

The Return of Yet Another Tedious Thriller Author: Sara Ochs Koh Sang is Thailand’s famous party island. It’s also the place you go to lose yourself – literally. The few “permanents” on the island are all running from something, recreating themselves and hiding their pasts. When the tourists start showing up dead though, an Instagram influencer known for her bikini pictures takes the darker side of the island viral. I really need to stop reading thrillers. I, along with everyone else, fell in love with Gone Girl and spent years chasing the experience, reading every thriller I could find. A good [...]

Frances Carden2026-02-07T21:27:10-07:00February 7th, 2026|Tags: book of the month, book review, botm, read, reading, thriller|

Two Girls Down

Stereotypical Detectives And Tough Girl Action Author: Louisa Luna A mother leaves her two children in the car to rush in and buy a present for a birthday party. She comes out, and they are nowhere to be seen. The local police are overwhelmed and understaffed. The family reaches out to bounty hunter / private detective / all-around kick-ass Alice Vega to find the girls before it’s too late. Vega, known for her results and general lack of law abiding, soon teams with shamed ex-cop Max Caplan to suss out answers. What follows is a web of misinformation, wrong suspects, [...]

Frances Carden2025-12-29T13:35:25-07:00December 29th, 2025|Tags: book of the month, book review, botm, detective, fiction, mystery, read, reading, thriller|