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Shark Heart: A Novel

September 19, 2023

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Today’s review needs a bit of a preface: My husband doesn’t read (I know, I know, I love him anyway). He teases me about my obsession with books by noting there are only so many stories and I’ve read ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: book clubs, debut, literary, science fiction

All That is Mine I Carry With Me

September 12, 2023

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The scene is cleanly set when in the simpler times of 1975 10-year-old Miranda arrives home from school to find the house locked and, after she uses the hidden key to get in, empty. Her mother should ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: 1970s, book clubs, childhood, family, literary, marriage, mystery

Where There Was Fire

August 28, 2023

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The verdant, extravagant beauty of Costa Rica hosts the three-generation family saga found in Where There Was Fire by John Manuel Arias. The Valaverdes are a united family in 1968 until the night a ... Read More...

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Kala: A Novel

August 14, 2023

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Even when it’s a tourist destination on the Irish coast a small town is still just a small town to the teens who live there—a boring place to escape as soon as possible. For the six disparate, but ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: coming-of-age, Ireland, literary, mystery

The Librarianist: A Novel

August 10, 2023

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Bob Comet has lived a quiet life, immersed in his one great love: books. A voracious reader he became a librarian, sharing that love with the patrons he helped. Now, in his early 70s, retired, but ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: contemporary life, literary, senior life

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