Thanks to Houghton Mifflin Harcourt for the free advance copy of this book.

Victor Tuchman is dying, and his family doesn't know how to feel about that. As they converge at his deathbed, some are trying to pry out secrets, some are trying to avoid recently aired secrets, and others are just hoping to breathe freely again.

ALL THIS COULD BE YOURS is a study of a family trapped by an abusive patriarch - an exploration of how each person was affected differently and how their individual experiences shaped them. I felt so deeply for each person, especially the women. And to watch each of them reckon with their choices and try to figure out how to grieve this man who was a towering figure in their lives - they felt like real people living real, messy lives that don't always make logical sense or tie up in neat bows.

I loved the wide variety of perspectives, including the short passages where we heard from folks outside the situation that family members were interacting with. Just another little reminder that everyone is a supporting character in someone else's life.

18 year old Tate grew up in a small town. Her grandmother takes her on a trip to London before she went off to college, and the trip takes an intensely romantic turn when she meets Sam. Tate spills her biggest secret to Sam - she's the long-lost daughter of the world's most famous actor, staying hidden after her parents' ugly divorce. Her trust was misplaced - Sam sold her secret and outed her. Years later, Tate is an actress, working on her biggest film to date and first role with her father, only to find out the screenwriter is...Sam.

Since practically the second I joined bookstagram y'all have been telling me I would love Christina Lauren, and YOU WERE ALL RIGHT! I loved this book! I read the entire thing on a flight and was totally absorbed. It was sweet and funny and hot and emotional. I don't even usually go for insta-love and I still totally bought their chemistry. And this is not only insta-love but also second chance AND forced proximity so there's basically something for everyone here.

Amanda is dying. A boy named David sits next to her in the hospital, walking back through her memories with her to uncover how she got so sick, and why her town is crumbling around them.

I've discussed this book with two different book clubs and am still not entirely sure what to make of it. It's one of those books that makes you second guess what's real and what's hallucinatory. It's a parable about environmental dangers and a close look at the terrors of motherhood. I read the whole thing in one sitting, unable to pull myself away.

Beyond that, I don't really know what to tell you. FEVER DREAM is unsettling, otherworldly, and still immediately real. Go in blind someday when you have a free afternoon, and then please come tell me what you think you read! I could not decide on five stars or zero stars? Five stars it is!

Thanks to Vintage Books for the free copy of this book.

Paul works at a gay club in the '90s, out and proud and dating extravagantly. Paul has a secret, though. He can change his body at will - not only changing his hair or his height, but also his sex.

I wanted to love this book so, so much. I am here for gender bending. I am here for intense film nerdery. I am here for grungy bar basements and music festivals and '90s nostalgia. But at a third of the way through the book with a plot barely visible, I had to give up.

I don't know if this changes by the end of the book, but there was not nearly the level of introspection about and playing with gender as I'd hoped. It was less "gender is a construct" and more "I have boobs now." And unfortunately, a series of sexual encounters doesn't make a plot, even if Paul's body was different each time. Also, several references to pee coming out of the vagina? Maybe I'll try this again someday and see it from another angle.

Thanks to Counterpoint Press for the free advance copy of this book.

THE REVISIONERS follows two women from three time periods - Josephine, both during and after her enslavement, and 100 years later, her descendant Ava. Josephine, in 1925, lives on land she used to work, and strikes up an uneasy friendship with her new white woman neighbor. Ava, in 2015, is a single mother who moves in with her white grandmother - fraught, as she is the mother of a black boy around an old woman slowly losing her grip on time and reality.

Y'all, I don't even know how to properly write a review of this book. It is fantastic. The three story threads weave together beautifully, making time bend in on itself. The women are extraordinary, each survivors in their own way.

There is a slight magical element to this story, which puts this book almost directly in conversation with THE WATER DANCER. Both explore time and memory and how racism drains a community, but THE REVISIONERS puts women's power at the center. It's not only their powerful need to be free, but their relationships with friends, family, and their own selves.

I already need to reread this book. I can't wait for everyone else to read it, too.

Thanks to Hachette for the free advance copy of this book.

Lindy West's new collection THE WITCHES ARE COMING is a series of essays that looks at not just our current political and pop culture landscape, but the rhetorical ramp up in the '90s and 2000s that most of us didn't realize we were experiencing and how the culture of those decades led, possibly inexorably, to the situation America is in today.

THE WITCHES ARE COMING is a rage explosion of a book. It's everything you've screamed for the last four years, plus some other things you probably wish you'd screamed. West's style makes the reader feel like your smarter friend is having a big, cathartic conversation with you, and that you are not alone.

However, I did find some of these essays, particularly the first half of the book, to be a bit shallow. This may be a consequence of reading it right after TRICK MIRROR, as the two books cover a lot of the same topics, but a lot of it felt like we weren't really digging in too deep.

Additionally, West's writing voice, while still thoroughly enjoyable, feels a bit dated to me. It reads like the internet of five years ago with all the capslock and overly wordy jokes. So, overall, I'm a bit torn on this book. I do think it's saying some important things, but without any deeper analysis or call to action, it feels like just more screaming into the void.