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    Review: Going to Maine by Sally Chaffin Brooks

    by Joli August 21, 2024
    by Joli August 21, 2024

    As a lover of Cheryl Strayed’s Wild, is there room in my life for another hiking-a-very-long-trail book? Sure, it’s a different trail (Strayed hiked the Pacific Crest Trail, Sally hiked the Appalachian Trail), but it’s a very similar concept. Read …

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    Review: Paradise, WV by Rob Rufus

    by Joli August 11, 2021
    by Joli August 11, 2021

    Looking for a good thriller? You might want to nab this one! Read on for my review of Paradise, WV. Summary In a poor West Virginia town decimated by the opioid epidemic, teenagers Henry and Jane have it worse than …

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    Review: Sugar Run

    by Ashley October 22, 2020
    by Ashley October 22, 2020

    I have been reading a lot of books that represent the LGBTQ community and my home state of West Virginia lately, but I never expected the two to intersect. When I scrolled through the synopsis for Sugar Run by Mesha …

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