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Feel Good Reading: Mini-Reviews

August 15, 2024

feel good

Photo by Sixteen Miles Out on Unsplash   My subject line today is a weak attempt on my part to make light of why I haven’t written a review in so long. I mentioned having COVID in my July ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: chick lit, mini-reviews, rom-com

Must Love Books

February 4, 2022

books

Given how much I love anything having to do with books, today’s review won’t come as much of a surprise: Must Love Books a debut by Shauna Robinson. That title! How could I not read it, especially ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: contemporary life, debut, new adult

The Woman They Could Not Silence

January 21, 2022

silence

The general consensus among people who know me is I don’t need more reading that could make me angry. This might be true, but as history is written by the victors and the victors for centuries have ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Non-fiction Tagged: book clubs, history, social issues, women

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

Shakespeare Saved My Life

April 19, 2013

Shakespeare Saved My Life

  Dr. Laura Bates is an English professor, specializing in Shakespeare, at Indiana State University. For the past fifteen years she has taught at college and in prison, where she brings Shakespeare ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Non-fiction, Reading Tagged: book clubs, books, memoir, social issues, Sourcebooks

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