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

The Life Cycle of the Common Octopus

February 19, 2025

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Monday I shared a literary novel I loved and now I’m back with another. The Life Cycle of the Common Octopus is the witty, contemporary story of two friends and their freshman year at the University ... Read More...

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Penitence: A Novel

February 3, 2025

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When Penitence begins 13-year-old Nora is alone in a jail cell after turning herself in for killing her 14-year-old brother. An opening like this has the heft to carry a traditional thriller/mystery ... Read More...

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From Here to the Great Unknown

January 24, 2025

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Those of us outside looking in, mired in our everyday lives, tend to mythologize celebrities and what their lives look like. The greater the star the larger they loom. This is even true for the ... Read More...

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Those Fatal Flowers

January 22, 2025

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While my fascination surrounding the legend of Troy has waned (I can only watch Eric Bana and Brad Pitt in the movie so many times) my curiosity about mythology has not. Those Fatal Flowers is a ... Read More...

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