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Book Review: Kingdom of Devils by Katherine Grandjean
When I think of true crime, my mind immediately goes to the 20th century. I have read about and delved into a few cases from before the 1900s, but not often. When this book showed up in my inbox and I saw that it discusses America’s ‘first’ serial killers around the time of the American…
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Book Review: The Music Shop by Rachel Joyce
In 1988, we meet Frank, a lonely vinyl shop owner. He has a knack for matching people with the right piece of music. Although deeply attuned to the emotional needs of others, he prefers to keep his distance. Even more so, he wants to keep CDs far away from his shop…
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Book Review: Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands by Heather Fawcett
Picking up where Encyclopaedia of Faeries ends, Emily Wilde is beginning another project: mapping the faerie realms. Her research, along with the interest of Wendell Bambleby, brings her to map and study the various portals to these realms…
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Book Review: XOXO by Axie Oh
Jenny is on her way to a stellar future as a cellist. She’s spent her life practicing and seldom, if ever, choosing fun and friendship over study and rehearsal. But in her most recent review, she’s told that she lacks ‘spark’ in an otherwise flawless performance…
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Book Review: Blue Skies by Anne Bustard
I absolutely picked this book up for the cover and for the cover alone. Later glancing at the synopsis, I was excited to see it’s a historical novel…
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Book Review: The Blackbird Girls by Anne Blankman
I never would have guessed there would be a middle grade book with a Chernobyl backdrop. I’ve read a couple of nonfiction books about the disaster but none through the lens of fiction. Having it told through the eyes of two children gave a unique insight…
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Book Review: The Sacrifice by Indrajit Garai
I’ve grown fond of Indrajit Garai’s writing through newer works such as The Bridge of Little Jeremy and The Man Without Shelter. This short story collection didn’t hit the mark for me as the other two did, but it showed the promise early on in the author’s career that has since been achieved…