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    Book Review: Lifesaving for Beginners

    by Allison October 16, 2018
    by Allison October 16, 2018

    Even though Iโ€™m not a huge fan of nonfiction, I love a good memoir. To me, I find that memoirs often read like fiction. Also, the human experience is always fascinating. I find someone elseโ€™s reflections on their life helpful …

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    Audiobook Review: As You Wish

    by Rachel August 15, 2018
    by Rachel August 15, 2018

    Itโ€™s taken me a long long time to give audiobooks a fair shot. I always fell firmly in the โ€œIt doesnโ€™t count if youโ€™re listeningโ€ camp. I know I know, I was wrong!! Not until I signed up for Scribโ€™d …

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    Review: True Stories from an Unreliable Eyewitness

    by Joli April 17, 2018
    by Joli April 17, 2018

    The subtitle of this book is A Feminist Coming of Age, which is what intrigued me, and I’m glad I ended up picking this one up! To put things in perspective, I had just finished Pachinko, which is a great …

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    Book Review: The Fox Hunt

    by Caleigh April 17, 2018
    by Caleigh April 17, 2018

    First of all, I have to say thank you to Joli for choosing me to review The Fox Hunt, by Mohammed Al Samawi. So many of my passions and “bookish interests” came together and made reading Mohammed’s book a privilege. …

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    Review Roundup

    by Caleigh April 1, 2018
    by Caleigh April 1, 2018

    Review Roundup: My mini book reviews of January & February We girls at LQ read a LOT of books. Sometimes we write full reviews, but sometimes, especially for older novels that were published not very recently, it makes more sense …

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    Book Review: In Praise of Difficult Women

    by Amber March 7, 2018
    by Amber March 7, 2018

    I not only learned new things about 29 influential women, I also discovered new heroes after reading In Praise of Difficult Womenย byย Karen Karbo. It was an inspirational read, just in time for Women’s History Month! The way Karbo writes these …

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    Review: In Every Moment We Are Still Alive

    by Joli February 5, 2018
    by Joli February 5, 2018

    This book has been called “one of the most powerful books about grief ever written.” Grief is a thing in my own life, and I’ve been reading a lot about it lately, so I was really looking forward to picking …

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    Review: It Takes Two — Our Story

    by Aubrey November 17, 2017
    by Aubrey November 17, 2017

    As anyone who follows my Goodreads can quickly note, I’m a sucker for author-read celebrity memoir(ish) audiobooks. My latest choice was It Takes Two: Our Story, by Jonathan and Drew Scott. One of my guilty pleasures is watching HGTV when …

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    Review: My Life in France

    by Joli October 17, 2017
    by Joli October 17, 2017

    I recently found myself at the library with a hole in my TBR list. Although I have plenty of books at home I’ve not read, I decided to browse the shelves in the memoir section. After looking through several shelves, …

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    September Mini-Reviews: Three Nonfiction Greats

    by Joli September 6, 2017
    by Joli September 6, 2017

    I’ve read these three great nonfiction books lately, and I thought I’d review them together! Option B by Sheryl Sandberg For anyone who has ever grieved the loss of another human or has/is supporting someone going through grief, this book …

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