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Greg Barlin
1 day ago2 min read
The Best Books of 2025…So Far: Live!
A running tally of the books that I have reviewed this year, updated and reranked after each book that I finish.


Greg Barlin
3 days ago3 min read
Summer Romance
★★★☆☆ A 38-year-old nearly-divorced mother of three starts a summer fling with a dashing, slightly younger man. Can it last?


Greg Barlin
7 days ago3 min read
The Fourth Consort
★★★☆☆ A colonizer from Earth is stuck on an alien planet and must unravel the internal politics of the local species while trying to survive


Greg Barlin
Feb 84 min read
Dirtbag Queen
★★★★★ Sparked by a viral obituary, this unlikeliest of memoirs introduces us to the crazy Corren family and their larger-than-life mother.


Greg Barlin
Feb 35 min read
Onyx Storm
★★★★★ The most anticipated book of 2025 mostly delivers, as author Yarros continues the Empyrean series and Violet Sorrengail's evolution.


Greg Barlin
Feb 23 min read
A Psalm for the Wild-Build
★★☆☆☆ A non-binary monk leaves on a journey to find themself and in the process encounters a robot who is seeking to learn what humans need.


Greg Barlin
Feb 13 min read
Among the Bros
★★★★☆ An exposé on a fraternity-led Xanax trafficking ring, focused on Greek life and the pervasiveness of benzodiazepine use at colleges.


Greg Barlin
Jan 262 min read
Foster
★★★★★ A quick 50-page read, the story of a young girl who is delivered by her father to stay with a family in a neighboring town in Ireland.
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