Monday, March 15, 2021

Review: The Rose Code (by Kate Quinn)

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My Rating: 5 stars A few years ago, I had read author Kate Quinn's  The Alice Network  and absolutely loved it – to the point that both ...
Monday, March 8, 2021

Review: A Million Reasons Why (by Jessica Strawser)

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My Rating:  3.5 stars In her fourth novel, author Jessica Strawser takes on the recently trend of mail-in DNA tests, which, in this story, b...
Tuesday, February 23, 2021

Review: The Kitchen Front (by Jennifer Ryan)

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My Rating: 4 stars This is author Jennifer Ryan's third novel and while it's only the second one of hers that I've read, I enjoy...
Monday, February 15, 2021

Review: Finding Freedom: A Cook’s Story Remaking a Life from Scratch (by Erin French)

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My Rating: 4.5 stars I'm no food connoisseur, but I love to eat and I also enjoy reading about food, so chef Erin French's new memoi...
Tuesday, February 9, 2021

Review: We Run the Tides (by Vendela Vida)

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My Rating: 4 stars Vendela Vida's  We Run the Tides  is a coming-of-age tale set in the 1980s, about two teenagers and their experiences...
Saturday, February 6, 2021

Review: Land of Big Numbers (by Te-Ping Chen)

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 My Rating: 4 stars With her debut short story collection  Land of Big Numbers , Te-Ping Chen brings us an insightful and thought-provoking...
Monday, February 1, 2021

Review: The Four Winds (by Kristin Hannah)

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My Rating:  5 stars As a fan of Kristin Hannah's work, it should come as no surprise that I went into her newest novel  The Four Winds  ...
Monday, January 25, 2021

Review: The Paris Library (by Janet Skeslien Charles)

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My Rating: 4 stars This felt like such a perfect read!  As a book lover, I'm of course drawn to stories about libraries and book stores,...
Sunday, January 17, 2021

Review: Waiting for the Night Song (by Julie Carrick Dalton)

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My Rating: 4 stars This was another one of those books that I found difficult to fit neatly into a single genre.    While the timeline was a...
Monday, January 11, 2021

Review: Faye, Faraway (by Helen Fisher)

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My Rating: 2.5 stars I don't read much science fiction, as the genre just doesn't interest me and I don't want to waste my time ...