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    Review: Little Pieces of Me by Alison Hammer

    by Joli May 17, 2022
    written by Joli

    When Paige Meyer gets an email from a DNA testing website announcing that her father is a man she never met, she is convinced there must be a mistake. But as she digs deeper into her mother’s past and her …

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    Review: The Half-Life of Ruby Fielding by Lydia Kang

    by Joli May 9, 2022
    by Joli May 9, 2022

    What an interesting book this was. I have to say, I wasn’t fully prepared for what it ended up being, but I was definitely entertained! Read on for the uniqueness of this book. Looking for more 2022 historical fiction? Check …

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    Review: Bloomsbury Girls by Natalie Jenner

    by Katie May 6, 2022
    by Katie May 6, 2022

    Back in June of 2020, I had the opportunity to review Natalie Jenner’s novel The Jane Austen Society–and I absolutely loved it! It was such a treat to be offered the opportunity to review her follow-up book, Bloomsbury Girls ahead …

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    What We Read in April 2022

    by Joli May 4, 2022
    by Joli May 4, 2022

    We each had some hits and misses in April, but no 5-star reviews this month! Hopefully we can all read something amazing in May 😊. What did you read in April? Cathy The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. …

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    Review: Anxious People by Fredrik Backman

    by Joli April 21, 2022
    by Joli April 21, 2022

    Anxious People has been on my TBR list since it came out 1.5 years ago. I’ve heard SO many rave reviews of this one, so when I finally got around to it, my expectations were pretty darn high. Keep reading …

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    Review: Hope, A History of the Future by G. G. Kellner

    by Cathy April 19, 2022
    by Cathy April 19, 2022

    An interesting book that looks at the very real possibility of what the world might look like in 200 years. It makes a subject, that I often feel is treated as abstract, the focus; giving it a very real feel.

  • Book ReviewsChildren's

    Review: The Colors They Shared by Talia Madden

    by Joli April 6, 2022
    by Joli April 6, 2022

    This is a very sweet story. Thanks so much to the author, Talia Madden, for sending The Colors They Shared to my daughter and I! Read on for my review. The Synopsis The Colors They Shared is a poignant story …

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    Review: Ways the World Could End by Kim Hooper

    by Joli April 5, 2022
    by Joli April 5, 2022

    I’m so excited to tell you about Ways the World Could End. I know I just posted a review of Unlikely Animals and said it was one of my favorites of the year so far, but just 2 books later, …

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    What We Read in March 2022

    by Joli April 3, 2022
    by Joli April 3, 2022

    Cathy The Book of Perilous Dishes by Doina Rusti, translated by James Christian Brown It follows the story of Pâtca, a fourteen-year-old initiated in the occult arts, who uses her powers to avenge the death of her uncle and retrieve …

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