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Waiting for the Night Song

January 15, 2021

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We first meet Cadence ‘Cadie’ Kessler as she’s illegally harvesting mountain pine beetles off a tree in the New Hampshire forest. A researcher, she needs proof that the beetles have arrived to their ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: coming-of-age, debut, mystery, social issues

The Fortunate Ones: A Novel

January 13, 2021

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Things are starting to turn around in Charlie Boykin’s life. The child of a single mother who works as a cocktail waitress, he’s been one of the only white boys at his school and in their Nashville ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: family saga, Southern life, wealth

The House in the Cerulean Sea

January 11, 2021

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Often when it’s time to begin a book review I try and draw from the facts—plot, place, biographical details. Because I read so much (and don’t have the discipline I should) specifics tend to blur by ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: book clubs, children, fantasy, young adult

The Wife Upstairs by Rachel Hawkins

January 8, 2021

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I’m a fan of modern retellings of classics. I realize they can risky and there are times they don’t work (I’m looking at you Anna K), but when I saw someone was taking on Jane Eyre I was ready. The ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: contemporary life, mystery, wealth

Winter 2021 Books I’m Ready to Read

January 6, 2021

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New year, new books! As much as I’m ready for things to be different in 2021, there is a change I’m not looking forward to in the book world. A combination of COVID and the economy means publishers ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Feature, Reading Tagged: Africa, contemporary life, literary, Middle East, mythology, social issues

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