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The Light Pirate

January 2, 2023

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Frida’s baby isn’t due for another month, but as Wanda, a Cat 4 hurricane, bears down on the family’s home in a small Florida town she decides to make her entrance to the world. To mark the event ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: book clubs, climate fiction, coming-of-age, contemporary life, dystopia

Fun Summer Reading

July 18, 2022

  Hello, lovely readers! Remember me? Remember fun? Let's pretend I'm sitting on a chaise relaxing by the lake in this photo. Ha. I survived the 2,200 mile drive from Ann Arbor, but am now ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Feature Tagged: chick lit, contemporary life, mini-reviews, satire, thriller, women

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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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

January Reading Wrap-Up

February 1, 2021

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What a month. Parts of January left me stunned while others made me cry with relief. I’ll leave it at that. As for my reading, the year is starting out strong. I read 18 books, with more than half ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Feature Tagged: history, memoir, wealth, women

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