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Category Archives: Reviews
Miraculum by Steph Post #review #historicalfiction
Overview The year is 1922. The carnival is Pontilliar’s Spectactular Star Light Miraculum, set up on the Texas-Louisiana border. One blazing summer night, a mysterious stranger steps out onto the midway, lights a cigarette and forever changes the world around … Continue reading
January Audible Reads #audible #audiblebooks
Well, thanks to 24in48 hours readathon, I went through some audio books this month! Sold on a Monday will have you in tears! Excellent The Reckoning is typical John Grisham. I did feel the ending was rushed. Could have been … Continue reading
My January Reads Wrap-Up #reviews #5starreads #januaryreads
Wow….January has been the LONGEST month EVER! Plus it has been BITTERLY COLD! Peanut has the right idea…and the only reason she has her head out is someone opened the fridge! Food wins every time. Here are my January reads. … Continue reading
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That Churchill Woman by Stephanie Barron #historicalfiction #review
Overview The Paris Wife meets PBS’s Victoria in this enthralling novel of the life and loves of one of history’s most remarkable women: Winston Churchill’s scandalous American mother, Jennie Jerome. Wealthy, privileged, and fiercely independent New Yorker Jennie Jerome took … Continue reading
The Lost Girls of Paris by Pam Jenoff #review #5starread #historicalfiction #releaseday
Overview Cosmopolitan Best Book Club Book of 2019 PopSugar Must-Read Book of 2019 Glamour Best Book of 2019 “Fraught with danger, filled with mystery, and meticulously researched, The Lost Girls of Paris is a fascinating tale of the hidden women … Continue reading
Out of the Dark by Gregg Hurwitz #review #orphanx #suspense #thriller
Overview A shocking stunner in every way. The perfect thriller.” —Robert Crais When darkness closes in—he’s your last, best hope. Evan Smoak returns in Gregg Hurwitz’s #1 international bestselling Orphan X series. Taken from a group home at age twelve, … Continue reading
The Wartime Sisters by Lynda Cohen Loigman #review #fiction #historicalfiction #5starread
Overview For fans of Lilac Girls, the next powerful novel from the author of Goodreads Choice Awards semifinalist The Two-Family House about two sisters working in a WWII armory, each with a deep secret. “Loigman’s strong voice and artful prose … Continue reading
Her One Mistake by Heidi Perks #review #fiction #mystery #thriller
Overview What should have been a fun-filled, carefree day takes a tragic turn for the worse for one mother when her best friend’s child goes missing in this suspenseful, compulsively readable, and darkly twisted psychological thriller. It all started at … Continue reading
The Best of Us by Robyn Carr #review #harlequin #romance #fiction
Overview In Sullivan’s Crossing, #1 New York Times bestselling author Robyn Carr has created a place where good people, powerful emotions, great humor and a healthy dose of common sense are the key ingredients to a happy life. Sullivan’s Crossing … Continue reading
The Only Woman in the Room by Marie Benedict #historicalfiction #5starread #review
Overview She possessed a stunning beauty. She also possessed a stunning mind. Could the world handle both? Her beauty almost certainly saved her from the rising Nazi party and led to marriage with an Austrian arms dealer. Underestimated in everything … Continue reading
