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8 Beautiful Backlist Books to Read Now

April 13, 2020

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After a little digression on Friday, it’s back to books! Reading may be your escape during quarantine, but for many the economic issues caused by the pandemic means buying the newest releases isn’t a ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Feature Tagged: favorite books, lists, mini-reviews

When God Was a Rabbit

November 26, 2018

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One of the best gifts of reading is not only discovering a new writer you love, but learning that they have written previous books, opening up the possibility of more wonderful reading. This was the ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: Bloomsbury, childhood, debut, England, family, literary

It’s Not You, It’s Me: Mini-Reviews

May 18, 2018

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I'm back, with two spring releases that I didn't care for, but that I recognize could very well work for someone else.    The family of women in What Should Be Wild are cursed. They are ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: Bloomsbury, contemporary life, family, fantasy, Harper, magical realism, mini-reviews, new adult

Peach by Emma Glass

February 2, 2018

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  Peach is high intensity fiction, opening with an explosion of visceral, unremitting fear and pain as a young woman tries to pull herself together after being raped. Everything is relayed from ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: Bloomsbury, contemporary fiction, social issues, women

August Reading Wrap-Up

August 30, 2017

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Good bye August and goodbye summer! I complain a fair bit, but here is one thing that I absolutely loved about this summer in Seattle. We only had maybe three days all told when it got above 90°. The ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Feature, Reading Tagged: Bloomsbury, Dutton, historical fiction, lists, Manhattan, mini-reviews, Other Press

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