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The Betrayals by Fiona Neill

September 12, 2018

betrayals

A seemingly happy marriage has cracks that shatter one summer when two families vacation together on the Norfolk coast. Two families with best friends at their center. Rosie and Lisa have known each ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: contemporary life, family, marriage, mental health, Pegasus

It’s Not You, It’s Me: Mini-Reviews

August 25, 2017

it's

Plausibility is a subjective concept, especially in reading. There are premises, plots, and characters in novels I love that make other readers put the book down. Today’s mini-reviews exemplify the ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Feature, Fiction Tagged: 1970s, Africa, childhood, mini-reviews, Pegasus, Putnam

The Preservationist: A Novel by Justin Kramon

May 26, 2017

preservationist

  She’d never been looked at that way before, with that peculiar mix of intensity and distance. Sam is a thirty-nine-year-old kitchen worker at Stradler College. He’s led a life of movement ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: Pegasus, suspense, thriller

Ending October: Mini-Reviews

October 30, 2013

new money

October was a massive month in book publishing and I was fortunate enough to read some amazing new releases (The Goldfinch, We Are Water, The Signature of All Things). With my focus on works of such ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: chick lit, historical fiction, mini-reviews, New York City, world war II

Accelerated

October 29, 2012

accelerated

Sean is an artist working as an editor at a celebrity rag while trying to take care of his 8-year-old son, Toby. Several months ago his network executive wife decided she needed “time away” to find ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: book clubs, contemporary life, family, New York City, Pegasus, social issues

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