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Magic Lessons by Alice Hoffman

October 19, 2020

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A healer, living alone in the woods, discovers a baby girl left in a basket in a snowy meadow near her home. The infant is guarded by a large black raven, letting the woman know this is no average ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: family saga, historical fiction, magic

The Book of Two Ways

October 9, 2020

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Jodi Picoult’s new novel, The Book of Two Ways, straddles the worlds of death and life choices, both in the present, and in the case of death, all the way back to ancient Egypt. Dawn is a woman ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: chick lit, historical fiction

October Under-the-Radar Reads

October 7, 2020

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I already made a big fuss about the eight books of fall I was ready to read, but now I'm back with four new books I'm reading this October. I haven't heard much about any of them in the bookish world, ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Feature, Reading Tagged: debut, historical fiction, literary, memoir, science fiction

What I’m Reading in August

August 3, 2020

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  Somehow August is already here and I don’t know if I think it’s too soon or what took so long. I’ve really lost the ability to process time. Also, apparently to dress myself as I went half ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Feature, Reading Tagged: historical fiction, lists, racism, thriller

The Woman Before Wallis: A Novel

July 27, 2020

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My love of British royalty is old news. Earlier in the month I read, The Heir Affair, about the fictional modern-day travails of a newly married Prince of Wales and his American bride. I loved it and ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: 1930s, debut, England, historical fiction

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