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You’d Look Better as a Ghost

July 3, 2024

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When You’d Look Better as a Ghost opens Claire has just found out that a piece of her art has been accepted for a prestigious show. It’s only the next day that she gets another email from the same person letting her know he made a mistake and it’s another woman named Claire who got in. Crushing news for any aspiring artist but these things happen, right? Yes, but not to Claire. ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: debut, humor, mystery, vacation reading

Margo’s Got Money Troubles

June 19, 2024

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Margo is 19 and languishing at community college when she is swept into an affair with a married professor. She ends up pregnant and decides to have the baby. What follows in Margo’s Got Money Troubles is a story and characters that are frustrating, quirky, and endearing. Let’s jump right into the frustrating. My pragmatic nature trampled my romantic side decades ago so a ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: contemporary life, family, vacation reading

Jackie: A Novel by Dawn Tripp

June 17, 2024

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Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis was one of the most talked about women of the 20th century. An ocean of words exists, including her own, allowing analysis and dissection of every aspect of her life to feed the insatiable appetite of those fascinated by this enigmatic woman. What could another book possibly offer? In the case of Dawn Tripp’s new novel Jackie the freedom of fiction ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: 20th century, book clubs, historical, politics, vacation reading

Every Time We Say Goodbye

June 6, 2024

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I loved both of the novels in the Jane Austen series by Natalie Jenner so was delighted to learn it’s a trilogy with the third book newly released. Every Time We Say Goodbye follows the indomitable Vivien, the writer and intimidating brunette who was introduced in The Bloomsbury Girls. World War II has finally ended and she’s one of the many to have lost a loved one as her ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: 1950s, historical, Italy, vacation reading

The Gown: A Novel of the Royal Wedding

May 28, 2024

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  The euphoria felt in England at the end of World War II was slowly replaced by the realities of an eviscerated economy and the continued need for rationing. The engagement of the much-loved Princess Elizabeth to a dashing naval officer and prince was a ray of sunshine for a worn-out country. And for any woman who’s ever dreamed of a wedding what could be more ... Read More...

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Christa Comes Out of Her Shell

May 24, 2024

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Christa is a scientist who studies snails on a small isolated island. She’s perfectly happy with a life free from people thanks to a childhood spent in the spotlight. Her father was a world-famous naturalist with his own wildly popular TV show, but his plane crashed in the Alaskan wilderness when she was 2-years-old. Her mother carried on his work by creating a wildlife ... Read More...

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