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All Girls: A Novel by Emily Layden

February 17, 2021

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Sometimes a book’s title is all you need to know about the book. This is clearly the case in Emily Layden’s debut novel, All Girls. Set at the Atwater School, a prestigious girls’ boarding school in ... Read More...

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The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah

February 12, 2021

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I’m wrapping up what has been an odd reviewing week for me. One Monday I wrote about a book I loved, but which I read so long ago I had trouble sharing my thoughts. On Wednesday, my experience was a ... Read More...

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The Wife Upstairs by Rachel Hawkins

January 8, 2021

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I’m a fan of modern retellings of classics. I realize they can risky and there are times they don’t work (I’m looking at you Anna K), but when I saw someone was taking on Jane Eyre I was ready. The ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: contemporary life, mystery, wealth

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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August Reading Wrap-Up

August 31, 2020

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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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