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Lady Cop Makes Trouble: Girl Waits with Gun #2
by Amy Stewart

Lady Kopp (5/15/2016)

Constance Kopp the gutsy heroine from Girl Waits With Gun is back in the second Kopp Sisters series. The novel is much like the first: engaging and charming. Those who enjoyed the adventures of the Kopp sisters will be thrilled with this installment. Don't miss the author's …more

The Forgetting Time
by Sharon Guskin

A Provocative Read (1/4/2016)

I found this novel compelling as it covered two intricate themes. The complexity of motherhood and the philosophical concept of reincarnation. As a self professed skeptic, it did stretch my ideas about life and what possibly lies after and beyond. Along with its unique …more

Maybe in Another Life
by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Ethan or Gabby (6/16/2015)

This book was charming! It a stayed with me long after I finished reading it. It is cleverly written in alternating chapters of different, but concurrent story lines, causing the reader to ponder the question: Can one inconsequential decision change the course of your life? …more

The Mouse-Proof Kitchen
by Saira Shah

The Mouse Proof KItchen (7/12/2013)

I really wanted to like this book. It covers so many subjects I generally enjoy reading about; the French Countryside, cooking, and relationships. Like Anna I anticipated perfection, only to be handed something different than planned. was not perfect, in fact severely …more

Losing Clementine: A Novel
by Ashley Ream

Addictive story (2/5/2012)

Clementine Prichard, renowned artist, just wants to put herself out of her misery. Giving herself a month to get her affairs in order, she counts down the days, chapter by chapter to her impending suicide. With a plot line of this nature you would expect a heavy, depressing …more

The Dressmaker: A Novel
by Kate Alcott

The Dressmaker (10/20/2011)

I really wanted to like this book but unfortunately found it predictable and flat. Literally on page 2, I knew where it was going. While the historical plot showed promise by including the post-disaster inquiries into the sinking of the Titanic, the rest of the story was …more

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