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The Compound by Aisling Rawle

August 18, 2025

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The premise of Aisling Rawle’s The Compound is straightforward: a reality competition show where 20 young, healthy, beautiful strangers are dropped into an estate located in the middle of a desert. ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: book clubs, dystopia, pop culture, vacation reading

What Kind of Paradise

July 22, 2025

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Jane has lived her entire life in a 700 square foot cabin near Bozeman, Montana; her contact with the modern world significantly limited. Her father is stern, but loving, a Luddite zealot who raves ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: 1990s, coming-of-age, historical

Twist by Colum McCann

June 13, 2025

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  Anthony is a burned-out journalist whose personal life has cratered as well. In an effort to escape his personal problems and resuscitate his professional life he takes an unusual ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: climate fiction

April Reading Recap

May 1, 2025

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April has come and gone and we’re once again in the middle of spring in Seattle—a welcome mix of rain, sunshine, and everything in bloom. Every window in our house looks out onto a gorgeous explosion ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Feature Tagged: memoir, mini-reviews, rom-com

January Reading Wrap-Up

January 31, 2025

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Wrap-up is the perfect word for this January. One, it is COLD here in Seattle. Flannel sheets cold which makes for cozy reading. Two, for the first time in a very long time a month has felt like it ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Feature Tagged: fantasy, mini-reviews, mystery, sports, young adult

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