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The Next Day

August 6, 2025

next day

Nonfiction has not been rewarding for me this year. My guess is the petulant part of my brain feels that it is already working too hard to process this country’s current reality and has no room for more information. But then I discovered The Next Day: Transitions, Change, and Moving Forward by Melinda French Gates and while the book’s title did not specifically talk to me, the ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Non-fiction Tagged: essays, inspiration, women

July Reading Wrap-Up

July 31, 2025

July

My surprise over the disappearance of July probably comes as no surprise as I seem to lament how quickly the months go on a regular basis now. It's a disconnect from the feeling that we’re years into this president’s term based on the chaos and toxicity. The only thing keeping my poor psyche from exploding is how beautiful July’s weather was—cool, cloudy mornings turning to ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Feature Tagged: fantasy, mini-reviews, mystery, suspense, thriller

The Frozen River

July 29, 2025

frozen

Martha Ballard is a well-regarded wife, mother, and midwife in late 1700s Maine. When The Frozen River begins it’s the depths of winter and she’s been called to determine a cause of death for a man found frozen in the river. She declares it to be murder, but this is just the beginning of a mystery that will take the novel’s remaining three seasons to be resolved; seasons that ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: 18th century, book clubs, historical, New England, vacation reading

Call Her Freedom

July 24, 2025

call her

A small village in the Himalayan foothills is the setting for Tara Dorabji’s debut novel, Call Her Freedom. Aisha’s mother is a midwife and teaches Aisha all about childbirth and herbal remedies when Aisha is not in school. An outstanding student it’s been her mother’s dream to see her go to university in the city.  But when her mother falls ill the only way to save their ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: cultural, family saga, historical, India, war

What Kind of Paradise

July 22, 2025

paradise

Jane has lived her entire life in a 700 square foot cabin near Bozeman, Montana; her contact with the modern world significantly limited. Her father is stern, but loving, a Luddite zealot who raves against technology in any form and writes copious screeds that no one reads, except Jane. Until he realizes that, with her help, the new expanse of the internet is the perfect place ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: 1990s, coming-of-age, historical

Culpability by Bruce Holsinger

July 15, 2025

culpability

When Culpability begins the Cassidy-Shaws are heading to one of their children’s sports tournaments when their minivan is hit by another car veering into their lane, resulting in two fatalities. The car is self-driving with the son, Charlie, at the wheel. His father, Noah, an attorney, is next to him while his mother, Lorelei, and two younger sisters are in the backseats. There ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: book clubs, family, technology, vacation reading

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