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Shark Heart: A Novel

September 19, 2023

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Today’s review needs a bit of a preface: My husband doesn’t read (I know, I know, I love him anyway). He teases me about my obsession with books by noting there are only so many stories and I’ve read them all so how can I keep reading? Theoretically, this is true. Most novels revolve around the same basic themes: love, family, secrets, experiences. But within those parameters, ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: book clubs, debut, literary, science fiction

Lost and Found in Paris

September 14, 2023

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When her husband of ten years informs her that he has 5-year-old twin sons and wants to integrate them (and their mother) into their lives, Joan Blakely realizes it might be time for a change. Broken hearted and confused she still wastes no time in changing the locks and starting divorce proceedings. But what to do next? The question is answered with humor, and a mystery, in ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: mystery, Paris, vacation reading

All That is Mine I Carry With Me

September 12, 2023

all that is mine

The scene is cleanly set when in the simpler times of 1975 10-year-old Miranda arrives home from school to find the house locked and, after she uses the hidden key to get in, empty. Her mother should be there. Her mother is always there to greet her after school. Her car, keys, handbag all in their proper place, but Jane Larkin is gone. And that’s the last of clean, simple ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: 1970s, book clubs, childhood, family, literary, marriage, mystery

August Reading Wrap-Up

September 8, 2023

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August has followed  summer out the door, but the weather was as lovely as the majority of my reading, with more highs than lows. The first week of September is about to end so I thought I ought to check in with what worked and what didn’t before I head into all the new fall releases.   The Postcard is historical fiction based on a real family history that encompasses ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Feature Tagged: biography, historical fiction, mini-reviews, thriller

The River We Remember

September 5, 2023

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Summer is just beginning in the small town of Jewel, Minnesota when the body of Jimmy Quinn, one of the town’s wealthiest citizens, is discovered in the nearby river. Given that he was also one of the most disliked there are plenty of people in William Kent Krueger’s The River We Remember who wanted him dead and little enthusiasm on the part of Sheriff Brody Dern to find the ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: 1950s, book clubs, historical fiction, Midwest, mystery

The Invisible Hour

August 31, 2023

invisible hour

I had asked to be forgiven in the past, but I was someone else now. I was the girl who knew how to escape, the one who could become invisible, who believed that a single dream was more powerful than a thousand realities. Ivy Jacob is a dreamy, book loving 16-year-old who steps into the real world long enough to find herself pregnant. Something her wealthy Bostonian parents ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: historical fiction, magic, women

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