Book Reviews

4.7

Organized Living is a visual guide and interview-driven home organization book by Shira Gill, published by Ten Speed Press in October 2023, that takes readers inside the homes of twenty-five international professional organizers, pairing photography with expert tips and insight into the philosophy and practice of intentional living.

May 27, 2026

Leopard Geckos For Dummies (For Dummies Series) by Liz Palika

Liz Palika's Leopard Geckos For Dummies is a compact, structured how-to reference designed to walk first-time and prospective leopard gecko owners through every essential stage of keeping this popular pet lizard — from selecting the right animal to maintaining its health day to day. This review is based on the book's documented contents and published sources, not hands-on use.

May 30, 2026

Real Life Organizing: Clean and Clutter-Free in 15 Minutes a Day by Cassandra Aarssen

Real Life Organizing: Clean and Clutter-Free in 15 Minutes a Day by Cassandra Aarssen is a home-organization guide published by Mango in 2017, with a foreword by professional organizer Peter Walsh. Built around Aarssen's "ClutterBug" personality framework and a 15-minutes-a-day philosophy, the book is designed to help readers build sustainable organizing systems tailored to their individual style — without requiring a dramatic whole-home overhaul. It is one entry in Aarssen's broader body of organizing titles and is aimed at anyone who feels perpetually overwhelmed by clutter but skeptical that lasting change is possible.

May 29, 2026

Super Interesting Facts For Smart Boys: 1000+ Mind-Blowing Facts About Science, Animals, Space, Sports by Quinn Quest

Quinn Quest's independently published fact book delivers more than 1,000 entries spanning science, animals, space, sports, cars, and history, designed to keep boys aged roughly 8–11 engaged and learning away from screens — making it a strong, affordable gift pick for curious young readers.

May 28, 2026

The Art of Raising a Puppy by Monks of New Skete

The Art of Raising a Puppy (revised edition, 2011, Little, Brown and Company) is a practical and philosophically grounded guide to puppy development from the Monks of New Skete — long-time breeders of German Shepherds and trainers of dogs of all breeds — and remains one of the most widely recommended dog-rearing books available, distinguished by its blend of behavioral guidance and a deeper ethic of compassionate relationship-building.

May 27, 2026

The Mindful Way through Depression: Freeing Yourself from Chronic Unhappiness

4.5

Now in a second edition from The Guilford Press, The Mindful Way through Depression is a structured self-help guide co-authored by four leading mindfulness and cognitive-therapy researchers — Mark Williams of Oxford University, John Teasdale of Cambridge University, Zindel Segal of the University of Toronto, and Jon Kabat-Zinn — that delivers an eight-week Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) program designed to break the mental habits that drive recurring depression, accompanied by downloadable audio meditations narrated by Kabat-Zinn.

May 30, 2026

March: Pulitzer Prize Winner (A Novel) by Geraldine Brooks

4.4

Geraldine Brooks's March is a Pulitzer Prize–winning novel that ventures behind the scenes of Little Women, giving voice to the March family's long-absent patriarch as he confronts the brutal realities of the American Civil War — a bold act of literary excavation that earned the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.

May 31, 2026

The Book of Azrael: Deluxe Special Edition (Gods and Monsters) by Amber V. Nicole

4.4

The Book of Azrael: Deluxe Special Edition is the Kensington hardcover release of Amber V. Nicole's internationally beloved romantasy series opener — a slow-burn, enemies-to-lovers epic pitting Dianna, a villainous shapeshifter with a dark bargain at her back, against Samkiel, the World Ender god-king who has exiled himself from his crown. The deluxe edition adds stenciled edges, a designed hardcover case, full-color endpapers, character art, chapter headers, and an exclusive bonus scene to the base text, making it a purpose-built collector's object for fans who already love the series and newcomers who want to enter it in style.

May 26, 2026

THE RATIONAL UNIVERSE: EINSTEIN'S BEST IDEA by RALPH BOURNE

4.1

Ralph Bourne's independently published paperback makes the case that Einstein's long-ridiculed Cosmological Constant deserves rehabilitation in light of modern physics' acceptance of dark energy, dark matter, and phantom particles — a focused argument aimed at general readers curious about where cosmology currently stands.

May 30, 2026

Cat Sense: How the New Feline Science Can Make You by John Bradshaw

4.1

In Cat Sense, anthrozoologist John Bradshaw draws on cutting-edge research and more than two decades of studying cats to trace the domestic cat's evolution from lone predator to household companion — and to explain why that transition is still, in many meaningful ways, incomplete. Published by Basic Books, the book has earned praise from the New York Times, NPR, and Booklist, among others, cementing its place as a serious, science-grounded reference for anyone who shares a home with a cat.

May 29, 2026

Verity Guild: An Enemies-to-Lovers Romantasy by Mai Corland

4.0

Verity Guild by Mai Corland is a romantasy murder mystery published by Entangled: Red Tower Books, earning starred reviews from both Kirkus Reviews and Library Journal. The novel traps enemies-turned-reluctant-investigators Kerasea Vestal and Torren Morvane inside a snowbound palace after a senator is ritualistically killed, weaving a slow-burn romance through a layered world of political intrigue, forbidden magic, and genuine suspense. It is designed for readers who want their romantic fantasy anchored in real mystery plotting and atmospheric world-building.

May 28, 2026

The Iron Crossing by Gregory Scott

The Iron Crossing is a 2026 thriller published by Taylane Publishing, written by Gregory Scott — the city police detective, digital forensics examiner, and author behind the eight-book Blake Brier series. The novel marks Scott's latest foray into crime and suspense fiction, shaped by his sixteen years in law enforcement investigating cases ranging from homicide to cybercrime.

May 29, 2026