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June Reading Wrap-Up

June 30, 2021

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  What an odd month June has turned out to be. Partly summer and partly more spring with lots and lots of rain—the kind we usually get in April and May. We traveled at the beginning of the month ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Feature Tagged: chick lit, mini-reviews, pop culture, true crime

What’s Mine and Yours

March 26, 2021

In Piedmont, North Carolina in the 1990s two women are faced with raising young children on their own. Jade and her son Gee are Black while Lacey May and her three daughters are White. Both are living ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: book clubs, racism, social issues, Southern life

November Reading

November 30, 2020

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  November? Seriously, how is 2020 not over yet?! This year has aged me a decade and not just because I’ve stopped coloring my hair. Even my bookish news is not great—my  November reading fell ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Feature Tagged: contemporary life, historical fiction, marriage, mini-reviews, true crime

The Heir Affair: A Novel

July 15, 2020

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American Rebecca (Bex) Porter seems to have won the lottery when Britain’s second-in-line to the throne, Prince Nicholas, falls in love with her. Of course, it’s not that simple, but it does make for ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: chick lit, England, royalty

Pachinko: A Novel

April 20, 2020

pachinko

Historical fiction seems to be the safest bet for my reading right now. Novels that put me in another place, in a different century or even a different decade, all seem to work at distracting my ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: cultural, family saga, historical fiction, Southeast Asia

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