Book Reviews

4.7

Lisa Steele's The Fresh Eggs Daily Cookbook is a recipe-driven hardcover from Harper Celebrate (February 2022) that draws on her background as a fifth-generation chicken keeper in Maine to deliver more than 100 recipes spanning breakfast staples, breads, sandwiches, soups, salads, pasta, beverages, cakes, pies, and condiments — all centered on eggs. Publishers Weekly awarded it a starred review, calling it "innovative and plucky" and concluding it "will be hard to beat." This review assesses the book's content, structure, and published reception; it does not reflect a kitchen test.

Mar 30, 2026

Every Last Word by Tamara Ireland Stone

4.7

Every Last Word is a New York Times bestselling young adult novel by Tamara Ireland Stone, originally published in June 2015 and later reissued, following sixteen-year-old Samantha McAllister as she navigates a double life — popular girl on the surface, secret OCD sufferer underneath — until a hidden poetry club called Poet's Corner cracks her world open. Kirkus Reviews calls it "Clueless meets Dead Poets Society with a whopping final twist," and the novel has earned a sustained readership as a BookTok sensation, praised for its internal, emotionally grounded portrayal of OCD and its genuinely surprising ending.

Sales Management. Simplified.: The Straight Truth About Getting Exceptional Results from by Mike Weinberg

4.7

Published by AMACOM in 2015, Mike Weinberg's Sales Management. Simplified.: The Straight Truth About Getting Exceptional Results from Your Sales Team is a direct, no-nonsense business book structured in two parts: a frank diagnosis of why sales organizations consistently fall short, followed by a concrete framework for fixing them. Packed with case studies and written for executives, new sales managers, and seasoned leaders alike, it has drawn strong praise from readers and practitioners who describe it as among the most useful books available on sales management.

Quick and Easy High Protein Low Carb Cookbook for Beginners: Lose Weight, Build Lean Muscles, Curb Cravings, by Jeanna Miller

4.5

Jeanna Miller's independently published cookbook targets beginners looking to lose weight, build lean muscle, and curb cravings through high-protein, low-carb eating — packaging over 100 recipes and a 90-day meal plan into a compact, accessible format.

The $7/Day High Protein Cookbook for Weight Loss: 124 Easy Low Carb Recipes + 30-Day Meal by Heather Choate

4.5

Heather Choate's self-published cookbook sets out to solve three problems at once — tight grocery budgets, low-protein diets, and time-consuming meal prep — by packing 124 high-protein, low-carb recipes and a 30-day meal plan into a single, practically oriented volume. This review assesses the book's content, structure, and stated design intent from published sources, not a kitchen test.

I Could Live Here: A Travel Memoir of Home and Belonging by Ellen Barone

4.4

Ellen Barone's debut memoir chronicles the decade-long nomadic journey she and her husband Hank embarked on after their rented house sold unexpectedly in 2011 — a planned one-year experiment through four countries that quietly expanded into a way of life spanning multiple continents. Published in 2023 by Abhuta, the memoir is a candid, open-hearted account of long-stay travel, shifting notions of home, and the personal transformation that comes from choosing impermanence over rootedness.

Mar 30, 2026

The Not So Big House: A Blueprint for the Way We Really Live by Sarah Susanka

4.3

Sarah Susanka's The Not So Big House is a bestselling architecture and home-design book that makes the case for building and remodeling around quality rather than square footage — a philosophy that reshaped how many Americans think about residential space. The expanded edition, published by The Taunton Press, adds a new introduction and new chapter to the original, giving both new and returning readers fresh material alongside Susanka's foundational argument.

Station Eleven: A Novel (National Book Award Finalist) by Emily St. John Mandel

4.3

Emily St. John Mandel's Station Eleven is a post-apocalyptic literary novel that traces interconnected lives before and after a devastating influenza pandemic, anchored by a quiet insistence that art and human culture are worth preserving at any cost. Originally published in 2014, it won the Arthur C. Clarke Award and the Toronto Book Award, was a National Book Award finalist, and had sold 1.5 million copies as of 2020 — a testament to its broad and enduring appeal across literary and genre readerships alike.

Mar 28, 2026

Last Girl Ghosted: A Riveting Mystery Thriller of Ghosting by Lisa Unger

4.2

Lisa Unger's psychological thriller Last Girl Ghosted transforms the modern anxiety of online dating and ghosting into a high-stakes mystery of hidden identities, buried pasts, and escalating danger — anchored by a protagonist whose own secrets unfold alongside the plot.

The Most Fun We Ever Had (Reese's Book Club Pick): A Novel by Claire Lombardo

4.1

Claire Lombardo's debut novel is a multigenerational family saga centered on the Sorenson family — parents David and Marilyn, still passionately in love after four decades, and their four adult daughters whose rivalries and secrets threaten to unravel everything — earning a New York Times Bestseller designation, a Women's Prize for Fiction nomination, and selection as a Reese's Book Club Pick.

Mar 28, 2026

Fast Boys and Pretty Girls: A Novel by Lo Patrick

3.6

Lo Patrick's third novel is a gritty, coming-of-age Southern mystery that excavates the obsessive, devastating power of first love through the story of Danielle Greer — a North Georgia country girl whose past refuses to stay buried, even after a body surfaces in her own backyard.

Mar 30, 2026

The Growth Multiplier: Multiply Results With the Same Effort, or Less by Jay Abraham, Villy Abraham

The Growth Multiplier, co-authored by veteran business growth strategist Jay Abraham and marketing professor Dr. Villy Abraham, presents a framework for multiplying business results without proportionally increasing effort or resources — built around what the authors call the "perpetual growth flywheel."

Mar 28, 2026