Book Review: Maisie Dobbs
Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear My rating: 5 of 5 stars Equal parts love story, mystery, and historical fiction, Maisie Dobbs follows the adventures of a clever woman set on making her way in the...
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Gabriel’s Rapture by Sylvain Reynard My rating: 3 of 5 stars The sequel to Gabriel’s Inferno follows the same route of its predecessor in that it is smart, sexy, and heartfelt. Picking up where the...
View ArticleBook Review: A Matter of Class
A Matter of Class by Mary Balogh My rating: 3 of 5 stars In Regency England, the upper echelons of society thrive on outward appearances and intrigue. Reginald Mason has the look of a gentleman, but...
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Lupa by Marie Marshall My rating: 4 of 5 stars Jelena is a displaced soul wandering the streets of Rome. While her memory clings to the horrors of the Bosnian War, she tries to find her way to a new a...
View ArticleBook Review: The Odd Sea
The Odd Sea by Frederick Reiken My rating: 4 of 5 stars When sixteen-year-old Ethan Shumway walks down the driveway towards Baker’s Bottom Pond, no one in his family could have known it would be the...
View ArticleBook Review: Beautiful Creatures
Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia My rating: 4 of 5 stars Ethan Wate is stuck in a small South Carolina town, where nothing ever happens. While everyone around him seems to thrive on living a mundane...
View ArticleBook Review: How I Got Published
How I Got Published: Famous Authors Tell You in Their Own Words by Ray White My rating: 3 of 5 stars The title alone is enough to grab the attention of any writer dying to get published. Famous and...
View Article“A Life” Faces The Truth
A Life by Guy de Maupassant is the story of a woman who grasps the reality that life is rarely fair. While the premise is nothing new in terms of storytelling, the way in which Maupassant approaches it...
View ArticleBook Review: Perfect Ruin
Lauren DeStefano’s Perfect Ruin (Book #1 of The Internment Chronicles) is a perfect combination of fantasy and allegory wrapped up with a beautiful Young Adult series bow. Destafano is already known...
View ArticleBook Review: What I Was
At the cusp of adulthood, we are all looking for one thing: identity. Some find it quickly, while others linger in a fog of confusion. Meg Rosoff captures this enigmatic aspect of life with a powerful...
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