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August Reading Wrap-Up

August 31, 2020

august

Goodbye, August—the last month of summer and my first summer in Michigan has wrapped up. Much like this winter, the majority of the summer was reasonable. A few days when the heat and humidity filled ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Feature Tagged: mini-reviews

December Reading Wrap-Up

December 30, 2019

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If you’ve been reading this blog for any length of time you know I can get pretty cranky about my reading and that this year was a rough one for me. Both of which make this monthly recap a bit ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Feature Tagged: contemporary life, historical fiction, mini-reviews, suspense, thriller

American Radical: Inside the World of an Undercover Muslim FBI Agent

May 4, 2018

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  Like some of the other non-fiction books I read last month (Educated, I’ll Be Gone in the Dark), American Radical by Tamer Elnoury reads like fiction. High-wire tension, thriller kind of ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Non-fiction Tagged: book clubs, contemporary life, crime, Dutton, religion

Enchantress of Numbers

December 26, 2017

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  What kind of child might you get if you matched a world-famous poet known for his outrageous lifestyle and a genteel woman with a penchant for knowledge and restraint? If it was the early ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: 19th century, Dutton, historical fiction, women

August Reading Wrap-Up

August 30, 2017

august

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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