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    Book Review: When We Believed in Mermaids

    by Rebecca July 18, 2019
    by Rebecca July 18, 2019

    Your life has been plagued with loss. The instant you start to feel better again, your heart clenches at the thought of what sadness lies in wait for you just around the corner. Kit Bianci has lived her whole life …

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    Review: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith

    by Joli March 14, 2019
    by Joli March 14, 2019

    I’ve been told multiple times by a couple different friends that I’d like A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, so I finally decided to pick it up. Those friends must know my reading preferences really well, because I loved it! A …

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    Review: The Last Romantics by Tara Conklin

    by Amber March 1, 2019
    by Amber March 1, 2019

    I added The Last Romantics to my TBR list as soon as I heard it was similar to Commonwealth, one of my favorite reads from 2017. This book is full of love. The love between friends, family and with ourselves. …

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    Review: A Spark of Light

    by Megan November 29, 2018
    by Megan November 29, 2018

    Last year, after over a decade of ignoring Jodi Picoultโ€™s novels — discounting them as romance-y chick lit based on one that I read in college — I picked up Small Great Things. It blew me away. When I heard …

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    Review: Family Trust

    by Megan November 13, 2018
    by Megan November 13, 2018

    The cover Family Trust is beautiful and eye-catching — the bright red a nod to the Chinese-American family it surrounds, the embossed gold design an indicator of their wealth. And, though itโ€™s enough to make anyone give it a second …

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    Review: The Marzipan Fruit Basket

    by Caleigh September 11, 2018
    by Caleigh September 11, 2018

    I received a signed copy of The Marzipan Fruit Basket by Lucy E.M. Black from Inanna Publications in exchange for an honest review. This is the second of Black’s published works that LQ has reviewed to date; if you’re interested, …

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    Review: America for Beginners

    by Joli August 8, 2018
    by Joli August 8, 2018

    America for Beginners is a newly released novel about an upper-class, widowed Indian woman named Pival on the first trip she’s ever been on outside of her own city. I was pretty unsure what to expect with this one, but …

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    Mid-Summer Mini Reviews

    by Joli July 12, 2018
    by Joli July 12, 2018

    Summertime and the pages are flying in this girl’s house! I’ve been reading up a storm, and there have been a couple books that I’ve wanted to review, but just haven’t had the time. So, here are three mini-reviews for …

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    Review: Left

    by Caleigh June 27, 2018
    by Caleigh June 27, 2018

    Left is an honest and unflinching story that tackles the reality of having a family member with dementia. Fay Agarra struggles to be heard and taken seriously when her husband begins to change. Beginning with one incident while on vacation, …

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    Review: A Place for Us

    by Joli June 23, 2018
    by Joli June 23, 2018

    After I picked this book out to be on a book tour for, I started seeing it everywhere. Not only is it the first book published under Sarah Jessica Parker’s new venture, SJP for Hogarth, but it’s also been getting …

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