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Wealthy Women: Mini-Reviews

May 6, 2016

wealthy women

  It’s no secret I like sorbet reading—the kind of fiction that is light on the brain and cleanses my mental palate for the heavier novels that linger in my heart and mind after I’ve finished ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: 1920s, 1950s, chick lit, family saga, fashion, London, Manhattan, mini-reviews

The Mime Order

January 27, 2016

mime order

  I don’t read a lot of young adult science fiction but when Samantha Shannon’s first book The Bone Season came out I was intrigued enough that I was curious about the next chapter in the life ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: Bloomsbury, fantasy, London, science fiction, young adult

Crooked Heart

August 5, 2015

crooked heart

  Noel is a ten-year-old who has been living with his godmother in London, until she dies. He moves in with her nephew and his wife but they are not well suited for a child of Noel’s personality ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: Harper, historical fiction, London, WWII

The Paying Guests

September 22, 2014

paying guests

  By the end of World War I Frances Wray has lost almost everyone in her life she cares about—her two brothers to the war, her father to a heart attack, and the person she loves to the circumstances ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: historical fiction, London, Riverhead Books, WWII

Bristol House

February 6, 2014

bristol

  Annie Kendall’s life has not gone the way she’d hoped it would. In the midst of a stellar academic career as an architectural historian she let a fondness for alcohol get away from her and in doing ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: historical fiction, London, mystery, Viking

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