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The Whispers by Ashley Audrain

September 21, 2023

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If there’s anything more fickle than the heart it’s got to be my reading mind as my light/dark trend continues. Tuesday’s review was about a poignant novel covering the expanse of human emotions, but today The Whispers, dwells solely in the realm of the seven deadly sins as they play out amongst four women in one affluent neighborhood. Rebecca, an ER doctor, longs to be a ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: motherhood, mystery, suspense

Lost and Found in Paris

September 14, 2023

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When her husband of ten years informs her that he has 5-year-old twin sons and wants to integrate them (and their mother) into their lives, Joan Blakely realizes it might be time for a change. Broken hearted and confused she still wastes no time in changing the locks and starting divorce proceedings. But what to do next? The question is answered with humor, and a mystery, in ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: mystery, Paris, vacation reading

All That is Mine I Carry With Me

September 12, 2023

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The scene is cleanly set when in the simpler times of 1975 10-year-old Miranda arrives home from school to find the house locked and, after she uses the hidden key to get in, empty. Her mother should be there. Her mother is always there to greet her after school. Her car, keys, handbag all in their proper place, but Jane Larkin is gone. And that’s the last of clean, simple ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: 1970s, book clubs, childhood, family, literary, marriage, mystery

The River We Remember

September 5, 2023

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Summer is just beginning in the small town of Jewel, Minnesota when the body of Jimmy Quinn, one of the town’s wealthiest citizens, is discovered in the nearby river. Given that he was also one of the most disliked there are plenty of people in William Kent Krueger’s The River We Remember who wanted him dead and little enthusiasm on the part of Sheriff Brody Dern to find the ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: 1950s, book clubs, historical fiction, Midwest, mystery

Strange Sally Diamond

August 8, 2023

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In rural Ireland 44-year-old Sally lives alone with her elderly father. They seldom come in contact with the outside world because Sally is neurodivergent and interactions with people never seem to go well. When Liz Nugent’s novel Strange Sally Diamond opens her father has just died. Sally handles the situation exactly as he told her to, but the after effect of her actions ... Read More...

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Mad Honey by Jodi Picoult

July 10, 2023

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I’d left off reading Jodi Picoult after disliking her last two books and so didn’t read Mad Honey until two readers I trust said I would enjoy it. I listened to them, but this may be the briefest review of a 4 star novel I’ve ever done. Not for a lack of thoughts, but because the plot twists in this story just keep coming until the very end. Given that each is substantive and ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: book clubs, contemporary life, mystery, vacation reading

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