Guest reviewer Sophia Rose says of Pocket Portrait's Jane Austen by Janet Lewis Saidi: utterly giftable and full of features that make it the worthiest of shelf-able editions. A bio of bite-size vignettes to be sampled like luscious literary bonbons.

Sophie Rose reviewed "Jane Austen's Favourite Brother, Henry" by Christopher Herbert: Herbert infused personal hypotheses where facts were few, but these were shrewd and conservative. Though not afraid to speculate, the author offered a nuanced characterization with more depth, and his biographical style fleshed out Henry Austen and demonstrated why Henry Austen was a favorite.

Sophia Rose reviews THE AUSTEN AFFAIR by Madeline Bell. With a touch of wry humor, new-to-me author Madeline Bell pens a blend of romantic comedy with time travel romance.  Her enemies-to-lovers pair of film actors playing the roles of Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey leads find themselves suddenly two centuries in the past and playing parts for a live Regency era audience.

Guest reviewer Sophia Rose read Marie Benedict's new release THE QUEENS OF CRIME.

Sophia Rose guest reviews Mary Balogh's REMEMBER WHEN, the fourth in the Ravenswood series.

Guest reviewer Sophia Rose says of TE Kinsey's An Assassination on the Agenda, "Sent to keep a government espionage agent’s murder off..."

Guest Sophia Rose reviews SUCH GOOD FRIENDS: A Novel of Truman Capote and Lee Radziwell by Stephen Greco. A must-read for Capote fans.

Guest reviewer Sophia Rose recommends The Good, the Bad, and the Aunties by Jesse Q Sutanto

Sophia Rose reviews CHAOS TERMINAL by Mur Lafferty: Mallory Viridian would rather not be an amateur detective and fled to outer space to...