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REVIEW: The Washerwomen’s War by Piper Huguley1881: Mamie Harper, a new teacher at Atlanta Female Baptist Seminary, hears of mistreatment from her washerwomen students and tells them to...
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REVIEW: Véronique’s Journey by Patti FlinnIn 18th century France, the choices for a young black woman of modest means are slim. Véronique Clair loves her parents and their small...
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REVIEW: Witch King (x 2) by Martha Wells“I didn’t know you were a… demon.” “You idiot. I’m the demon.” Kai’s having a long day...
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REVIEW: Much Ado About Nada by Uzma JalaluddinNada Syed is stuck. On the cusp of thirty, she’s still living at home with her brothers and parents in the Golden Crescent neighbourhood of...
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REVIEW: How to Survive History by Cody CassidyA detailed guide to surviving history’s most challenging threats, from outrunning dinosaurs to making it off the Titanic alive...
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REVIEW: The Briar Rose by Dinah DeanShe’s a healer, but a broken church and a broken heart are beyond her skill With the dissolution of the monastery that has been the center...
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REVIEW: Translation State by Ann LeckieFirst, a note on my review: Most of the characters in Translation State use three different pronoun types for nonbinary characters—sie/hir,...
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REVIEW: Charm City Rocks by Matthew NormanBilly Perkins is happy. And why wouldn’t he be? He loves his job as an independent music teacher and his apartment in Baltimore above a...
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REVIEW: A Little Ray of Sunshine by Kristan HigginsA kid walks into your bookstore and… Guess what? He’s your son. The one you put up for adoption eighteen years ago. The one you never told...
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REVIEW: The Recipe for Happiness by Jane LoveringWhen Seren’s brother Andrew signs her up to Yorkshire Dating, only for them to recommend that she ‘gets a life’ before they find her a...
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REVIEW: The Last Drop of Hemlock : A Mystery by Katharine SchellmanIn The Last Drop of Hemlock, the dazzling follow up to Last Call at the Nightingale, even a dance can come with a price… The rumor...
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REVIEW: Trial and Tribulation: A Novel of World War II by John RhodesIt is 1943. In the skies above war-torn Europe a savage battle continues as Allied bomber crews rain down fire and destruction on Hitler’s...
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Open Thread for Readers for June 2023Got a book you want to talk about? Frustrated with a book or series? In love with a new one? Found a buried treasure? An issue that keeps popping...
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REVIEW: Jayne’s Children’s Books ReviewWhen Little Owl Met Little Rabbit by Przemyslaw Wechterowicz Little Owl and Little Rabbit live in the same oak tree, but they’ve...
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REVIEW: Duke in Name Only (The Entitled Gentlemen Book 2) by Caroline WarfieldMisfortune is an excellent teacher. When Phillip Tavernash, Ninth Duke of Glenmoor, discovers his title is held fraudulently, he embarks...
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REVIEW: B’Nai Mitzvah Mistake by Stacey AgdernSharing isn’t caring when it comes to your big day. Judith Nachman loves working as a project manager at the Mitzvah Alliance charity,...
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REVIEW: Chinese Myths by Xueting C. NiChinese mythology has been passed down in written and oral form over many millennia, emerging from a range of cultural traditions that often...
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REVIEW: I Have Some Questions for You by Rebecca MakkaiDear Rebecca Makkai: Janine brought this book to my attention, knowing my fondness for thrillers and dark academia. I wouldn’t say...
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REVIEW: The Book That Wouldn’t Burn by Mark LawrenceDear Mark Lawrence, Earlier this year I read and fell in love with your Book of the Ancestor trilogy (Red Sister, Grey Sister and Holy Sister),...
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REVIEW: Planes, Trains, and All the Feels by Livy HartAs the black sheep of the family, choreographer Cassidy Bliss vowed she’d do anything to get home in time to help with her sister’s wedding...
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Review: Arthropoda (Arthropoda #1) by Xenia MelzerAn Andi Hayes Murder Mystery Detective George Donavon doesn’t plan to stay in Charleston long. Skeptical and by-the-book, he’s on the...
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REVIEW: Mrs. Nash’s Ashes by Sarah AdlerA starry-eyed romantic, a cynical writer, and (the ashes of) an elderly woman take the road trip of a lifetime that just might upend...
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REVIEW: Village Fool by Nathan BurgoineOwen is only confident in two places: at work, supporting clients through IT woes, and when he’s sitting around a gaming table in the...
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REVIEW: Her Fixer Upper by Emily KerrUnable to afford their own homes, two friends decide to buy a renovation house together as a project. What could possibly go wrong…? Freya...
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Review: Addicted to Ellis D. by S.E. HarmonThe man is walking along the road in the fog Chef Luca Alessi’s life is barely recognizable these days. He used to spend his days in the...
