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Val's Pick: "Killers of a Certain Age" by Deanna Raybourn
Imagine you are enjoying a relaxing vacation on board a luxurious cruise ship. You look across the pool and notice four sixty-year-old...
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Oct 3, 20222 min read
Dawn & Benji's Pick: "Small Town, Big Magic" by Hazel Beck
In anticipation of authors Megan Crane and Nicole Helm’s visit this week, I read their new book, the first in their Witchlore series,...
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Sep 24, 20221 min read
Maria's Pick: "Lucy by the Sea" by Elizabeth Strout
Lucy by the Sea is the latest offering from one of my favorite authors, Elizabeth Strout. It is the fourth novel in her Amgash series,...
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Sep 18, 20221 min read
Cheryl's Pick: "Nothing More to Tell" by Karen M. McManus
Nothing More to Tell by Karen M. McManus is a young adult novel about buried secrets that refuse to stay buried. Four years ago Brynn...
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Sep 10, 20221 min read
Laurie's Pick: "Cabin Fever" by Michael Smith and Jonathan Franklin
When Holland America’s cruise ship Zaandam set sail from Buenos Aires, it was loaded with 1200 passengers and 600 crew members. Everyone...
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Sep 3, 20221 min read
Maria's Pick: "The Many Daughters of Afong Moy" by Jamie Ford
I found this book fascinating as it addressed the topic of generational trauma, a concept that I have only heard about in the past few...
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Aug 28, 20222 min read
Val's Pick: "Nora Goes Off Script" by Annabel Monaghan
Nora supports her family by writing Hallmark movie-like screenplays. After her husband leaves Nora with their two young children, Nora...
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Aug 20, 20221 min read
Maria's Pick: "The Daughter of Doctor Moreau" by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
A reimagining of H.G. Wells’, “The Island of Doctor Moreau”, this story, set in the mid-19th century, takes the viewpoint of the doctor’s...
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Aug 14, 20221 min read
Laurie's Pick: "The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue" by V.E. Schwab
What value does life have if you can leave no mark? This is the question Addie LaRue faces after making a desperate deal to live forever....
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Aug 6, 20221 min read
Mariah's Pick: "For Butter or Worse" by Erin La Rosa
Nina and Leo may work together on the set of a popular cooking competition show but their charm is decidedly OFF behind the scenes. When...
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Jul 27, 20221 min read
Maria's Pick: "Horse" by Geraldine Brooks
I have always loved Geraldine Brooks' historical fiction so I was very excited to to grab her latest work, Horse. It was well worth the...
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Jul 22, 20221 min read
Val's Pick: "Upgrade" by Blake Crouch
Ever since Blake Crouch’s book Dark Matter was published in 2016, he has been on my “authors to read” list. For some reason, I never got...
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Jul 15, 20221 min read
Mariah's Pick: "The Dead Romantics"by Ashley Poston
Florence Day is a romance ghostwriter running from her past in New York City. When her father dies suddenly, Florence is forced to return...
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Jul 7, 20221 min read
Teresa's Pick: "The It Girl" by Ruth Ware
Hannah Jones meets April Clarke-Cliveden during their freshman year at Oxford University. They have a group of close friends - Will,...
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Jul 1, 20221 min read
Cheryl's Pick: "Nightcrawling" by Leila Mottley
Kiara and her brother, Marcus, are on their own. Their father is dead and their mother is living in a halfway house. After Marcus’s pipe...
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Jun 24, 20221 min read
Maria's Pick: "The Dictionary of Lost Words" by Pip Williams
Until I read Pip William’s novel, “The Dictionary of Lost Words”, I hadn’t questioned how the first dictionaries were compiled. I...
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Jun 18, 20221 min read
Laurie's Pick: "Lessons in Chemistry" by Bonnie Garmus
Elizabeth Zott is an accomplished chemist working at the Hastings Institute during the 1960s. Her male colleagues do not respect her, and...
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Jun 10, 20221 min read
Debbie's Pick: "River of the Gods" by Candice Millard
We often learn history along a timeline: the Battle of Hastings, 1066; the Lewis and Clark expedition, 1804; the first person on the...
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Jun 4, 20221 min read
Val's Pick: "Love & Saffron" by Kim Fay
If you’re looking for a novel that is short and sweet, please try Love & Saffron by Kim Fay. This book was published in February of 2022,...
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May 28, 20221 min read
Maria's Pick: "The Foundling" by Ann Leary
This historical novel was inspired by the author’s grandmother, who had worked at an institution for mentally disabled women in the...
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