Month: August 2022
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Book Review: Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier
For some reason, I never wrote a review for this book when I first read it in 2016… not uncommon at this point in my life but I’ve been regarding it as one of my all-time favorite books since then. Nothing has changed the second time around…
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Book Review: Cradles of the Reich by Jennifer Coburn
The Nazi breeding program seems to be one of those things that people have inklings about but sounds too dystopian to entertain the thought too much. Kudos to Jennifer Coburn for tackling this lesser-spoken time in history…
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Book Review: The Glass-Blowers by Daphne Du Maurier
This was a much different speed than the other books I’ve read by Daphne Du Maurier. While interesting, I found it painfully slow…
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Book Review: The Polish Girl by Malka Adler
More than anything else, this is a story about a mother and daughter’s complicated relationship. Trying to survive World War II doesn’t make matters any easier for them, and though central to the plot, the heart was Danusha and Anna…
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Book Review: November Road by Lou Berney
I’ve read a lot of non-fiction books surrounding the JFK assassination but this was my first novelized version. Though not about Kennedy himself, his death serves as the backdrop and involves real-life characters that may or may not have been involved…
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Closer Look: Again. Again and Again. by Mathias B. Freese [SPOILERS]
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Again. Again and Again. is a collection of short stories and essays that ponder life, death, art, events past and present, and the human condition in general. There is a lot to unpack for a book that’s under 200 pages…
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Book Review: Crematorium by Marilyn Benner Sowyak
While the plot of this thriller was in constant motion, there were too many other things going on at the same time that made so much get lost in the jumble…
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Book Review: The Second Mrs. Astor by Shana Abé
As someone who loves 20th Century history, I’ve read so little about the Titanic. This is possibly the first book I’ve read where the sinking was so heavily involved. It was a great place to start…
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Book Review: The Lost Summers of Newport by Beatriz Williams, Lauren Willig, and Karen White
I have a lot of mixed feelings about this one. I wanted to read it as soon as I picked up my copy but chose to save it for whenever I took a drive to Newport. While it successfully captured the ambiance of the seaside town, the plot was lacking for me…
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Book Review: Queen of the Night by Steven Holloway
Set in the middle of the 1960s, we follow thirteen-year-old Thomas’ personal diary where he jotted down the events leading up to and following his parents’ divorce…