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  • Esquire Magazine’s 2025 Best Books So Far

    Esquire Names Best Books of 2025 So Far https://flip.it/rNn_xx

    Jane Simon Ammeson

    May 21, 2025
    #books, #BookTok
    #bestsellingbooks, #books, #BookTok
  • NPR: 17 new books our critics can’t wait to read this summer

    https://www.npr.org/2025/05/21/nx-s1-5356141/best-new-books-summer-reading

    Jane Simon Ammeson

    May 21, 2025
    #books, #BookTok
    #books, Fiction, Non-fiction
  • CrimeReads: Murder at the Museum

    https://crimereads.com/murder-at-the-museum/

    Jane Simon Ammeson

    May 9, 2025
    #books, #BookTok, Fiction, Murder, mystery
    Fiction, Murder, Mystery-Thriller
  • Gothictown

    Gothictown

    In 1832, at the height of the Georgia gold rush, gold had been discovered on the banks of the Etowah River on land owned by Alfred Minette. As men flocked to work in the mine and others to supply their needs, a small town arose and Minette named it after his firstborn, a beautiful but…

    Jane Simon Ammeson

    May 7, 2025
    #books, #BookTok, Fiction, mystery, Thriller, Uncategorized
    #books, Book Review, book-reviews, Fiction, History, Mystery-Thriller
  • CrimeReads: 5 New Thrillers (and One Classic Noir) to Read When You’re Done with White Lotus

    https://crimereads.com/new-thrillers-to-read-when-youre-done-with-white-lotus/

    Jane Simon Ammeson

    April 14, 2025
    #books, #BookTok, Audible, Audiobooks, crime, Murder, mystery, Suspense, Thriller
    #Fiction #mystery #crime
  • Who’s Reading What in Each State

    The Most Popular Book Genre In Each State https://flip.it/wuMdQt

    Jane Simon Ammeson

    March 25, 2025
    #books, #BookTok, Adventure, American History, Architecture, Audible, Audio book, Audiobooks, Autobiography, Biography, Culture, Fiction, Food History, Historical Fiction, History, Literary, Medical mystery, Memoir, mystery, Noir, Non-fiction
    #Fiction #mystery #crime, American History, audio books, Autobiographies, Biography, black-history, Fiction, Non-fiction
  • Archaeologist creates fantasy world filled with intrigue, romance and adventure

    Archaeologist creates fantasy world filled with intrigue, romance and adventure

    An archaeologist who has excavated a Bronze Age palace in Turkey, a medieval Abbey in England, and an Inca site in Chile, Sarah Hawley has created an extensive underground world where fairies abide. But if you’re thinking Tinkerbell, who sweetly waves her magic wand, think again. The fairies in Hawley’s novel “Servant of Earth,” the…

    Jane Simon Ammeson

    March 22, 2025
    #books, #BookTok, Adventure, Fantasy, Fiction, Romantasy
    #books, Adventure, Book Review, fairy-tales, Fantasy, Fiction, Romantasy, Sarah Hawley
  • Trust Issues: A Mystery That Asks Who You Going to Trust?

    Trust Issues: A Mystery That Asks Who You Going to Trust?

    “a tense, well-plotted mystery with enough twists and turns to keep the reader engaged . . .” “Something strange happened when Hazel and Kagan showed up. Ava had begun hearing her father’s voice so clearly that it sounds like he’s crawled inside her head. This isn’t the first time in her life she’s been haunted…

    Jane Simon Ammeson

    February 23, 2025
    #books, #BookTok, Fiction, mystery, Uncategorized
    #books, Book Review, book-reviews, Fiction, mystery, Mystery-Thriller
  • “City Under One Roof” by Iris Yamashita

    “City Under One Roof” by Iris Yamashita

    Point Mettier, Alaska is no one’s idea of paradise. Its inhabitants—all 205 of them—live in the same high-rise apartment building and the only access to town is by a tunnel or the sea. But Point Mettier is perfect for many of those who live there. It’s a chance to invent new names, identities, and lives.…

    Jane Simon Ammeson

    February 4, 2025
    #books, #BookTok, Audible, Audiobooks, mystery
    #books, book-reviews, City Under One Roof, Fiction, Iris Yamashita, Japan, mystery, Mystery-Thriller, news, Point Mettier, reviews
  • Japan: The Vegetarian Cookbook

    Japan: The Vegetarian Cookbook

    Nancy Singleton Hachisu dives deep into the Japanese food scene, having married a Japanese farmer and learning the intricacies of cooking various vegetables and other ingredients that most of us aren’t familiar with. The author of several cookbooks including Japanese Farm Food, winner of the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards 2012: USA Winner for the Best…

    Jane Simon Ammeson

    January 24, 2025
    #books, Asian cuisine, Cookbooks, Gastronomy, Recipes, Uncategorized, vegetarian
    #books, Asian cuisine, CHILLED UME-TOFU SQUARES IN DASHI, Cookbooks, Food, Hachisu, Japan, Nancy Singleton Hachisu, recipe, Recipes, Saitama Prefecture, Vegan, vegetarian
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