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Rules for Visiting: A Novel

March 29, 2023

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May Attaway is given a monthlong sabbatical from her job as a gardener at a local university. At 39 she worries about her lack of relationships so decides to split the month into four non-consecutive ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: book clubs, friendship, women

The Shadow of Perseus

March 21, 2023

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For some, the retelling of Greek myths may have run its course, but for others (me!) I’m still on board to read mythology from a different perspective. My first 5-star novel of the year was Stone ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: book clubs, Greece, historical fiction, literary, women

Killers of a Certain Age

November 21, 2022

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Before I dash into Thanksgiving week, I thought I’d review the kind of novel everyone needs when dealing with too much family togetherness and food. It’s Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn ... Read More...

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NSFW: A Novel

September 9, 2022

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I recently read NSFW a debut from Isabel Kaplan and I’m fairly certain my visceral reaction to the novel is a response becoming more and more common to me and to many of the women I know given recent ... Read More...

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Carrie Soto is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid

August 31, 2022

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There’s always a lot of excitement when a new Taylor Jenkins Reid novel comes out, but this year the hype is ramped up by its timing. Carrie Soto is Back is about a former Grand Slam titlist coming ... Read More...

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