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    Review: Dear Edward by Ann Napolitano

    by Joli April 7, 2020
    by Joli April 7, 2020

    Dear Edward gave me sooo many feels. All the feels. I wondered when I started it why it seemed like so much is given away in the summary (the plane crash), but I soon saw that this book is SO …

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    Reflection and Review: Upstream by Mary Oliver

    by Katie April 6, 2020
    by Katie April 6, 2020

    A couple weeks before everything turned upside down, I had requested Mary Oliverโ€™s essay collection Upstream from the library and was lucky enough to have it on hand as we started our isolation. The slim volume is Oliverโ€™s reflections on …

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    Review: Gillian Flynn’s Crime Thriller Trilogy

    by Cathy March 25, 2020
    by Cathy March 25, 2020

    In my opinion, Gillian Flynnโ€™s crime thriller novels entice you in the same way that true crime documentaries do; Making a Murderer isnโ€™t easy watching, but you have to finish it anyway. And I think that Flynnโ€™s three novels Gone …

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    Other People’s Houses: A Review

    by Katie March 20, 2020
    by Katie March 20, 2020

    Before I picked up Other Peopleโ€™s Houses, I wondered if I possibly needed to read yet another book about the secrets and personal lives of the occupants of a suburban neighborhood. It turns out that if it is written by …

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    #amreading: LQโ€™s Most Recent Reads โ€“ March 2020

    by Joli March 19, 2020
    by Joli March 19, 2020

    Life is a little weird right now, but one thing remains the same: our love of reading. Here’s what some of us are currently reading. How about you? Are you finding comfort in books? Cathy I’m currently reading A Prison …

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    Lightening Reviews: Middle Grade Roundup

    by Katie March 7, 2020
    by Katie March 7, 2020

    While I like to keep my โ€œwork booksโ€ (as a school librarian) and my โ€œhome booksโ€ (aka those written for adults) generally separate, Iโ€™ve found myself reading and enjoying several middle grade novels lately. If youโ€™re looking for a whimsical …

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    Book Review: Little Weirds

    by Liz March 3, 2020
    by Liz March 3, 2020

    Every once in a while, you find a book that knocks you to your knees and shakes you to your core. A book that teaches you valuable life lessons and makes you rethink the way you view yourself and the …

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    Book Review: The Things We Cannot Say

    by Joli February 21, 2020
    by Joli February 21, 2020

    When a book has a 4.52/5 rating on Goodreads with over 19,000 ratings, I expect to be drawn in and moved by it. The Things We Cannot Say met those expectations! Basically any time I was not reading this book, …

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    The Incendiaries: A Review

    by Katie February 16, 2020
    by Katie February 16, 2020

    Have you ever looked at a picture of a dish from a fancy restaurant, or maybe youโ€™ve had this thought when eating at one yourself, and wondered why the portions are so small? After all, if you’re presumably shelling out …

  • Book ReviewsFiction

    Book Review: Minor Dramas & Other Catastrophes

    by Joli February 11, 2020
    by Joli February 11, 2020

    When then-LQ contrib Kathleen told me she needed to stop writing for LQ so she could focus on the book she was writing, I was sad for us, but thrilled for her. While I expected her to be an awesome …

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