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The Book of Magic by Alice Hoffman

October 14, 2021

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What you put out into the world came back to you threefold. In The Rules of Magic Jet Owens and her siblings Franny and Vincent were dealing with their family’s curse about falling in love. Decisions were made and prices were paid. Now decades later both Jet and Franny live in the family’s house on Magnolia Street with their niece Sally, who’s suffered the most, losing two ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: England, family, family saga, magic, New England, women

We Are Not Like Them: A Novel

October 11, 2021

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I’m a fan of diverse reading. There are so many places I’ve never gone and experiences I haven’t had in real life. Visiting them in the pages of a book helps expand my horizons and opens my mind in ways it wouldn’t be without reading. Sadly, there are issues happening right here in America that I may think I understand, but I truly have no idea. Racism is one of them and We Are ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: book clubs, contemporary life, friendship, racism

In Every Mirror She’s Black

October 7, 2021

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I was pulled into In Every Mirror She’s Black by the premise of three Black women who end up living in Sweden. Kemi is a marketing executive who’s been recruited by a phenomenal compensation project and a leadership role to a Swedish agency. Brittany is a flight attendant who is swept away by the owner of the agency when he becomes obsessed with her. Muna is a Somali refugee ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: chick lit, contemporary life, debut

Fight Night: A Novel by Miriam Toews

October 4, 2021

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Sometimes when we fight…sometimes we’re not fighting in quite the right way…we need to adjust our game. But still, the main thing is that we’re fighting…your mom’s a fighter. We’re all fighters. Swiv comes from a family of fighters. At nine she’s suspended from school because King of the Castle is not a recess game to her, it’s a battle. One that she will win at any cost, ... Read More...

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

Under the Whispering Door

September 23, 2021

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I wasn’t planning on it, but this is going to be a week of reviewing fantastical fiction. On Monday I discussed Cloud Cuckoo Land   and today I’m back with Under the Whispering Door by T.J. Klune. It’s the story of Wallace Price, an astute and successful lawyer, who also happens to be a fairly terrible person (insert lawyer joke here). He dies of a sudden heart attack and finds ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: fantasy, life, young adult

Unbound by Tarana Burke

September 17, 2021

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It’s likely you don’t know who Tarana Burke is, but almost impossible you’ve never seen the words that became the hashtag that defined one of the biggest social justice movements in American history. #MeToo appeared in 2019, attached to serial sexual predators like Harvey Weinstein. I heard it, read it, used it, but had no idea where it came from. Now, thanks to her memoir, ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Non-fiction Tagged: memoir, racism, social issues, women

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