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About fredreeca

I am an avid reader, St. Louis Cardinals fan, knitter, and paper crafter. I am a mom of 2 children, and a large amount of animals.

No Two Persons by Erica Bauermeister #audiobook #audiblebook #bookreview #booktwitter @macmillanaudio

Overview This program includes a bonus conversation between the author and narrator. One book. Nine readers. Ten changed lives. New York Times bestselling author Erica Bauermeister’s No Two Persons is “a gloriously original celebration of fiction, and the ways it deepens our lives.”* That … Continue reading

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I Will Leave You Never by Ann Putnam #booktwitter #bookreview @shewritespress

Overview In the middle of a perilous drought in the Northwest, an arsonist begins setting fires all around. It gives Zoe Penney nightmares about her home—seated right next to tinder-dry woods—rising up in explosions of fire, as well as haunting … Continue reading

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The Collected Regrets of Clover by Mikki Brammer #booktwitter #bookreview #smpinfluencer @stmartinspress

Overview A beautiful tale of a vulnerable, compassionate woman who finds that, in order to care for others, she must also let herself be cared for.” ––Kirkus (starred review) What’s the point of giving someone a beautiful death if you … Continue reading

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The Last Word by Katy Birchall #romance #booktwitter #bookreview #smpinfluncer @stmartinspress

Overview The Hating Game meets Beach Read in Katy Birchall’s enemies-to-lovers romcom The Last Word, about a young journalist who puts her career (and her heart) on the line when her former work nemesis is hired in her newsroom. Harper … Continue reading

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Just a Regular Boy by Catherine Ryan Hyde #booktwitter #bookreview @luauthors

Overview An orphaned boy raised by a survivalist wends his way into the real world in an emotional novel about hope, fears, and found family by New York Timesbestselling author Catherine Ryan Hyde. Out there is chaos, the collapse of society, … Continue reading

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The Secret Book of Flora Lee by Patti Callahan Henry #booktwitter #historicalfiction @atriabooks

Overview When a woman discovers a rare book that has connections to her past, long-held secrets about her missing sister and their childhood spent in the English countryside during World War II are revealed. In the war-torn London of 1939, … Continue reading

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April Escapes and Escapades #aprilwrapup #wrapup #escapesandescapades #booktwitter

Once again…did not do much in April except work two jobs. But one of the jobs had me in Oxford, Ms for the day and, of course, I had to stop by Square Books and I purchased these beauties! And … Continue reading

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Lost In Paris by Betty Webb #audiobook #audiblebookreview #booktwitter #bookreview @dreamscapeaudio

Overview Paris, 1922: Zoe Barlow knows the pain of loss. By the age of eighteen, she’d already lost her father to suicide and her reputation to an ill-fated love affair—not to mention other losses, too devastating for words. Exiled from … Continue reading

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Shadows We Carry by Meryl Ain #bookspotlight #historicalfiction

Overview In this eagerly anticipated sequel to Meryl Ain’s award-winning post-Holocaust novel The Takeaway Men, we follow Bronka and JoJo Lubinski as they find themselves on the cusp of momentous change for women in the late 1960s. With the United … Continue reading

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The Dutch Orphan by Ellen Keith #booktwitter #bookreview #historicalfiction

Overview From the author of The Dutch Wife comes a riveting novel set during World War II about a woman who offers shelter to a Jewish baby, and her sister, who must choose between family loyalty and her own safety. Amsterdam, 1941. … Continue reading

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