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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: The Ten Thousand Doors of January

    by Joli April 26, 2020
    by Joli April 26, 2020

    I have to say, this was pretty much the perfect book to read while having to stay home due to COVID-19. Need to escape your world for a little bit? Fall into one where you can cross thresholds into other…

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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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    LQ Mixup Special – National Literacy Month

    by Caleigh September 4, 2019
    by Caleigh September 4, 2019

    We decided to do something a little different for September! While we still posted our TBRs yesterday, this month is National Literacy Month! National Literacy Month is dedicated to encouraging the young people in your life to go to the…

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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: History of Wolves

    by Joli March 25, 2018
    by Joli March 25, 2018

    I bought this book at Barnes & Noble because I had a coupon. I was a kid in a candy store, walking around, picking out a book to buy. I don’t just go out and buy a lot of new…

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    Review: My Absolute Darling

    by Joli March 21, 2018
    by Joli March 21, 2018

    Before I begin with this review, please note that there is a trigger warning: child abuse. My library always has a display of books that are new to the rotation. I love heading over there every time I pick up…

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    Review: Paper Butterflies

    by Janna October 26, 2017
    by Janna October 26, 2017

    Annie, another LQ contributor, works for a publishing company in Minneapolis and asked if one of us would be interested in reviewing the YA novel Paper Butterflies by Lisa Heathfield. Everyone else wrote back and said they’re not fans of…

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    Review: The Lauras

    by Joli October 22, 2017
    by Joli October 22, 2017

    This novel is about identity, growing up, complicated relationships, and wandering the country to discover and rectify old secrets, among other things. I thought it was really well done! In The Lauras, Alex’s mom pulls Alex out of bed in…

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    Review: Swing Time

    by Janna September 15, 2017
    by Janna September 15, 2017

    I’ve been meaning to read Swing Time by Zadie Smith since it was released late last year to rave critic reviews. I really wanted to love this, especially since I gave it as a Christmas present last year without having…

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There was rarely a time when Phoenix Yuan-Whyller’s mother, Rain, didn’t live with her. Even when Phoenix got married, Rain, who followed her from China to Toronto, came to share Phoenix’s life. Now at the age of eighty-three, Rain’s unexpected death ushers in a heartrending separation.

Struggling with the loss, Phoenix comes across her mother’s suitcase—a memory box Rain had brought from home. Inside, Phoenix finds two old photographs and a decorative bottle holding a crystallized powder. Her auntie Mei tells her these missing pieces of her mother’s early life can only be explained when they meet, and so, clutching her mother’s ashes, Phoenix boards a plane for China. What at first seems like a daughter’s quest to uncover a mother’s secrets becomes a startling journey of self-discovery.

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Congrats @suzanneparrywrites on this gorgeous story coming out this past week! Not sure how you can take something so very bleak and make it so beautiful. This book will break your heart and make it swell with love for these characters 💖. Happiest of pub days to Lost Souls of Leningrad! Find my full review at the link in my bio.

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