Month: April 2023
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Book Review: The Lexicologist’s Handbook by Dane Cobain
I can’t say I’ve ever sat down and read a dictionary from cover to cover before. The Lexicologist’s Handbook isn’t your run-of-the-mill dictionary overwhelming in length. The pages are full of the more fun words in the English vocabulary…
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Book Review: The Officer and the Spy by Jenny Ashcroft
With a unique setting, great characters, romance, and let’s face it — a gorgeous cover, The Officer and the Spy was a treat to read…
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Book Review: After the Barricades by Jessica Stilling
Though I can’t personally vouch for it, history tells us that 1968 was a year of mayhem around the world. This book takes us to Paris during the Spring-Summer of that year through protests, strikes, and all of the devastation in between…
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Book Review: Dreams of Arcadia by Brian Porter
With a mysterious overtone and a literary delivery, Dreams of Arcadia is a spectacular and unique read…
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Book Review: Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
I know this is a classic and hailed as a great literary achievement… but I just wasn’t feeling it…
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Book Review: The Last Russian Doll by Kristen Loesch
With some fairytales, history, dolls, and mystery, this book has a little bit of everything. Mixed together with beautiful writing, The Last Russian Doll is a lovely read…
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Book Review: Only the Beautiful by Susan Meissner
Beautifully written and spectacularly researched, Only the Beautiful is everything the summary promises and more…
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Book Review: Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson
With the promise of a rich story, I was initially excited when I began reading Black Cake. Unfortunately, it didn’t take long to realize it was going to be a struggle to try and follow…