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Summer Reading Mini-Review

June 21, 2024

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I've had such good reading recently that I feel bit a bit bad ending this week on a negative note. At the same time, I'm not one to mince my words so while I love light-hearted, fun reading, especially in the summer, these two books fell far short of success for me.   Patrick, the witty, gay uncle in Steven Rowley’s novel The Guncle has returned for an encore ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: chick lit, mini-reviews

July Reading Wrap-Up

July 30, 2021

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  July. What a month! On the bright side there was this: Me getting to see my mother after 18 months apart. She's the person who encouraged my love of reading. And that’s about as much as I need to write about July because everything else was just life. My reading was odd, but I’m hearing from a lot of friends that they’re going through the same thing. Namely, the ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Feature Tagged: contemporary life, cultural, humor, mini-reviews, vacation reading

The Editor by Steven Rowley

April 5, 2019

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James Smale is thrilled to sell his first novel to Doubleday, but he is over-the-moon when he finds out his editor is none other than Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. His excitement is tempered by having to tell his mother. As an obsessive Kennedy family follower, her son meeting Jackie would normally be a dream come true, but she’s read a chapter and while it’s fiction it’s about ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: family, historical fiction, New York City

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