Month: September 2022
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TAKE MY HUSBAND by ELLEN MEISTER
A dark comedy! Only one thing stands in the way of Laurel Applebaum’s happiness…Doug Applebaum. Ever found yourself fantasizing about single life? No husband to cook for, clean for, and basically, you feel like you’ve adopted a man-child? Yes, yes I have. And this dark comedy is just that. Laurel has had enough of Doug. […]
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Lucky Girl (How I became a horror writer) A Krampus Story by M. Rickert
Who doesn’t love a good scary story at Christmas? Isn’t that what everyone does at Christmas? Tell scary stories? This is a really good scary story that takes place over many Christmas Days. Ro, real name Roanoke, is trying to establish herself as a writer. In the Horror Genre. When she meets four different people […]
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Lucy by the Sea by Elizabeth Strout
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Elizabeth Strout brings us more of Lucy! From Pulitzer Prize-winning, #1 New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Strout comes a poignant, pitch-perfect novel about a divorced couple stuck together during lockdown–and the love, loss, despair, and hope that animate us even as the world seems to be falling apart. As the world grinds to […]
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BLOWBACK by JAMES PATTERSON AND BRENDAN DUBOIS
An American President Goes Insane Sound familiar? Well, it should because now we know it can happen. He’s America’s most brilliant president ever. He’s also a psychopath. Keegan Barrett, former director of the CIA, has easily transitioned to the Oval Office. Only six months into his term, h comes up with an off-the-books plan to […]
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THE RISING TIDE by ANN CLEEVES
A Vera Stanhope Novel #10 Since I have recently finished binge-watching the BritBox series Vera, I was happy to receive a copy of this newest DCI STANHOPE novel! We are back on Holy Island for this one. Fifty years ago a group of high school kids and their young teacher went on a retreat there […]
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SKIRTS by KIMBERLY CHRISMAN-CAMPBELL
Skirts traces the shifting roles of women over the twentieth century through the era’s most iconic and influential dresses. The evolution of the skirt over pants took quite a bit longer than it should have in my opinion. Practicality should be first and foremost I think. And a lot of other women thought so too. And […]
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the ways we hide by Kristina McMorris
From the author of the wonderful Sold on a Monday comes another heartfelt story full of all the feels. A story set during World War II of an illusionist who was recruited by British Intelligence and the ingenious use of Monopoly as a tool. Fenna Vos is from Michigan. She knows what hardships are and […]
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BECOMING FDR: THE PERSONAL CRISIS THAT MADE A PRESIDENT by JONATHAN DARMAN
This revealing biography of Franklin D. Roosevelt shows how one of the most consequential leaders in American history found his true self in his searing struggle with polio–emerging from illness with strength and wisdom he would use to inspire the world. Franklin Delano Roosevelt was a natural politician. He was born in 1882 into a […]
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