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March Reading Recap

March 31, 2025

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Hello, fellow readers! I’m not sure I’ll get to say this again, but despite a completely miserable and toxic month in the news, my March reading was calmly solid. I only had one book I didn't finish, ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Feature Tagged: book clubs, mini-reviews, vacation reading

The Scandalous Confessions of Lydia Bennet, Witch

November 20, 2024

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If you’ve read the Jane Austen novel Pride & Prejudice or seen the movie you know that Lydia Bennet was one of the most annoying little sisters in the fictional world, nearly bringing down her ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: classics, magical realism, retellings, vacation reading

September Reading Wrap-Up

September 30, 2024

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Having binged the final two seasons of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel this was the only possible graphic I could use for my September recap. Plus, it's been quite chilly and grey here. So many big book ... Read More...

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Leaving Atlanta by Tayari Jones

February 9, 2024

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In 1979 a serial killer in Atlanta began targeting Black children. This disturbing truth is the premise for Leaving Atlanta by Tayari Jones. A painfully powerful novel it chronicles the lives of three ... Read More...

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In Light of All Darkness

November 6, 2023

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The Polly Klaas kidnapping and murder in California was thirty years ago, but is still known today as the event that changed how the criminal justice system responds in child abduction cases. Kim ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Non-fiction Tagged: 20th century, true crime

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