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Home of the American Circus

August 21, 2025

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Home of the American Circus begins with Freya’s rent being overdue and her appendix bursting. These two events give her no choice but to leave Maine where she lives and head back to her hometown in ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: book clubs, childhood, family, literary

What Kind of Paradise

July 22, 2025

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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 ... Read More...

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

The Bright Years

April 29, 2025

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Four generations of one Texas family unfold on the pages of Sarah Damoff’s intimate debut, The Bright Years. What begins with the simple act of falling in love turns into something deeper and more ... Read More...

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March Reading Recap

March 31, 2025

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Hello, fellow readers! I’m not sure I’ll get to say this again, but despite a completely miserable and toxic month in the news, my March reading was calmly solid. I only had one book I didn't finish, ... Read More...

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Kate & Frida: A Novel of Friendship, Food, and Books

March 24, 2025

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It begins with a letter sent from Paris to Seattle. Nothing romantic or between friends, but business because in 1991 that’s how these things were done. Frida writes to the Puget Sound Book Store ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: 1990s, book clubs, friendship, historical, women

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