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    Memoirs Better Than Fiction: True Stories Impossible to Put Down

    by Allison May 30, 2018
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    Truth is Stranger than Fiction This saying couldn’t be more true when talking about memoirs. A good memoir can easily rival the best fiction novel for one reason: it actually happened. Sure, every celebrity who ever lived has written down …

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    Review: The Female Persuasion

    by Joli May 29, 2018
    by Joli May 29, 2018

    I was pretty dang excited when this book came in for me at the library. I wasn’t expecting it yet at all, considering the long list I had to get in to wait for it! I was intimidated by the …

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    Book vs. Netflix: Alias Grace

    by Caleigh May 27, 2018
    by Caleigh May 27, 2018

    As the sole Canadian reviewer of LQ, I believe it is my privilege, nay, my DUTY, to talk about my homegirl Margaret Atwood. Maggie*, as you may know her, is responsible for bringing us the chilling but fabulous The Handmaidโ€™s …

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    Review: Cocoa Beach

    by Becky May 24, 2018
    by Becky May 24, 2018

    Story: Cocoa Beach by Beatriz Williams is a twisted family drama set in post WWI America. Virginia Fortescue has returned home from serving as an ambulance driver married to a British surgeon and carrying his child.ย  After two years of …

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    Review: Two Steps Forward

    by Aubrey May 22, 2018
    by Aubrey May 22, 2018

    I adored the characters in Graeme Simsion’s The Rosie Project, so looked forward to picking up his next novel, Two Steps Forward, which he co-authored with Anne Buist. Two Steps Forward follows the narratives of two main characters, Martin and …

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    My Top 10 Summer Reads: A Guest Post

    by Joli May 21, 2018
    by Joli May 21, 2018

    The following is a guest post byย Danielle Blessing, an aspiring author and an LQ reader and follower. Check out her bio at the bottom! Thereโ€™s something special and magical about reading in the summer. ย Growing up, I always looked forward …

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    Book vs. Movie: A Wrinkle in Time

    by Caleigh May 20, 2018
    by Caleigh May 20, 2018

    The Book I was first exposed to the Time/Kairos Quintet when I was in 3rd grade. My teacher, Mrs. Graham, read us A Wind in the Door, and like that, I was hooked. So you can say that my returning …

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    Joint Review: The Immortalists

    by Caleigh May 17, 2018
    by Caleigh May 17, 2018

    The Immortalistsย has been one of 2018’s most widely anticipated and recommended novels. For those of you who arenโ€™t familiar with breakout novelist Chloe Benjamin, the story revolves around the lives of 4 siblings, who find out as young children the …

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    Guest Review: A Wedding at Two Love Lane

    by Joli May 16, 2018
    by Joli May 16, 2018

    The following is a book review from a guest: Rhonda Ray. Bio at the bottom! When my brain is filled with too much of the day-to-day grind or the seriousness of life, I love a good romance, not the bodice-ripping …

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