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    Review: What We Sacrifice for Magic by Andrea Jo DeWerd

    by Joli November 27, 2024
    by Joli November 27, 2024

    I learned about What We Sacrifice for Magic as I was surfing the events page of a sweet local bookstore (I love you, Big Hill Books). This witchy read is not only by a local author, but also set here …

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    Book Review: All Are Welcome by Liz Parker

    by Joli August 16, 2021
    by Joli August 16, 2021

    Welcome to the All Are Welcome by Liz Parker book tour! I’m happy to be a part of the tour for this summer read. Check out my review below! Synopsis Tiny McAllister never thought sheโ€™d get married. Not because she …

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    Review: The Last Birthday Party by Gary Goldstein

    by Joli July 19, 2021
    by Joli July 19, 2021

    The Last Birthday Party is a forthcoming release from local Minnesota publisher Hadleigh House, and it was just a fun read all around. More details in my review below! Synopsis Thereโ€™s nothing fabulous about 50 for L.A. film critic Jeremy …

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    Book Review: Good Company by Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney

    by Joli February 20, 2021
    by Joli February 20, 2021

    This is the second big read by Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney. You’ve probably heard of her first book, The Nest! Although so many LOVE that book, I didn’t really 🤷. So, I was definitely intrigued to read Good Company to find …

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    Review: Not That Girl

    by Joli September 27, 2020
    by Joli September 27, 2020

    There’s a new publishing house here in the Minneapolis area! Hadleigh House is “a new, creative publishing house with a unique author partnership model.” When they reached out to LQ about reviewing co-founder Alisha Perkins’s new book, Not That Girl, …

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    Review: Commonwealth, Patron Saint of Liars, and The Dutch House

    by Anne June 21, 2020
    by Anne June 21, 2020

    My mom introduced me to Ann Patchett when I was desperately hunting for new reading material after I graduated from college last spring. The heavy literary works Iโ€™d read as a fourth year English major had depleted my desire for …

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    Review: Invisible as Air

    by Joli October 16, 2019
    by Joli October 16, 2019

    Trigger warning: stillbirth. A book review, for me, is always a little bit personal. I write about what I think of books based on my own preferences, my own experiences, my own values. You read a book from your own …

  • Book ReviewsFiction

    Review: Start Without Me

    by Joli October 27, 2017
    by Joli October 27, 2017

    Imagine a couple dysfunctional families, Thanksgiving Day, and a concealed pregnancy resulting from infidelity, and you’ve got Start Without Me by Joshua Max Feldman. The story happens over the course of one day, which happens to be Thanksgiving. Two strangers …

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