Deep Valley Confidential

At the intersection of children's literature, pop culture, feminism and nostalgia.

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Wednesday, August 12, 2026

The Bureau of Unknown Fates coming out December 8 2026

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You know I hate to give anything less than 5 stars to a book that I have finished, but this one is only getting 4 and it's probably my f...

Outside Their Comfort Zone: The Summer Girlfriend by Kristina Forest And Mrs. Endicott's Splendid Adventure by Rhys Bowen

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 Two books I just picked up this summer were delightful! I didn't read them because they were on Netgalley, I didn't read them for t...
Tuesday, July 28, 2026

Bad Behavior Leads to Loving Friendships - ANXIOUS PEOPLE by Fredrick Bachman and THE MOTHER-IN-LAW BOOK CLUB by Kate Hash coming out October 26, 2026

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 Well, who knew that being kind of a dick was a window into building community? I recently read two absolutely delightful titles that made i...
Thursday, July 23, 2026

LIFE OUT OF ORDER by Audrey Niffeneger is out October 6, 2026

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  I was so excited to get an ARC of this at ALA last month. Since the conference was held in Chicago and I ended up spending an extra few da...

SEARCHING FOR SUNDAY by Rachel Held Evans and ENORMOUS WINGS by Laurie Frankel

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  I may have mentioned here that I was very involved in evangelical Christianity from the age of 12 until about halfway through my college c...
Thursday, July 2, 2026

THE POOLS by E. Lockhart comes out October 2 - and you had better gird your loins...

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  ...because it's weird! I read this in nearly one sitting and I will be going back to read it again. It is a novel in verse that had so...
Thursday, June 25, 2026

I HOPE THIS EMAIL FINDS YOU IN HELL by Mackenzie Reed comes out September 1

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  I love a road trip. I'm on one now! Headed to Chicago for ALA and currently hunkering down in rural Michigan. I do not love hell. Rais...
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Wednesday, June 24, 2026

ATTACHMENTS by Rainbow Rowell

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  Since this is a reread, I am not legally obligate to review it, but I want to because it was my first adult Rainbow Rowell and it made me ...
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MY FRIENDS by Fredrick Bachman

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  So many people told me this book is amazing and would make you feel all the feels and they were right. So I don't know why it took me ...
Tuesday, June 23, 2026

INTO THE BLUE by Emma Brodie

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  This was my book club book and I think some of my church lady friends are going to clutch their pearls when they read how spicy this gets!...

VALLEY OF THE MOMS by Hannah Selinger

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  Well, I hate Hamilton, and even I found this book to be a little heavy-handed. I enjoyed it and read it in 2 days, but man, it was humorle...
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THE INTROVERT'S GUIDE TO KISSING IN EUROPE by Brenda Janowitz comes out August 18

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So I have been trying to review every new book I read this year and I have a bit of a backlog, but I just finished this little delight and I...
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Wednesday, June 17, 2026

SEASON OF LIGHT AND DARKNESS by Jillian Cantor comes out August 4

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  The Handmaid's Tale was one of the first adult books I read as an adult and it has really stuck with me. I feel like there wasn't ...
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