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The Lost English Girl
by Julia Kelly

Time Traveling with Julia Kelly Again... (2/20/2023)

Once again Julia Kelly has taken us back to an important time in British history and made us feel as if we were really there. First, she quickly throws us into a pivotal traumatic event involving the main characters. Next, she slowly builds these characters and settings, …more

Honor
by Thrity Umrigar

Invisible Walls (10/26/2021)

Just recently I returned from a three week visit with my daughter and my grandchildren in Ireland after a two year Covid hiatus. Ireland is a land of stone walls, ancient and modern, intact and crumbling, high and low. Yesterday morning I woke up ready to read Thrity …more

Big Girl, Small Town
by Michelle Gallen

So disappointed... (11/11/2020)

I just knew I was going to love this book. My great grand parents were a "Mixed Marriage" from Ballymcnab, Co Armaugh in Northern Ireland who had to head for the USA after they got married during The Troubles. My daughter and her family are Expats in Dublin. I have been to …more

Red Letter Days
by Sarah-Jane Stratford

Chilling parallels... (2/18/2020)

I was born in 1947, the same year the blacklisting began, and I admit to a superficial understanding of the events of the McCarthy era. This book , based on real events that occurred to real people, blew my mind because history is repeating itself in real time today on TV. …more

A Place for Us
by Fatima Farheen Mirza

Families Are Complicated... (4/5/2018)

On a wall in my home I have a chalkboard that I write sayings on that have touched me in some way. I used to change these sayings frequently but the words on it today have been there for the past two years. "Life is short ...there is no time to leave important things unsaid. …more

Anatomy of a Miracle
by Jonathan Miles

Conflicted... (1/16/2018)

Jonathan Miles has written a thought provoking novel completely in the style of investigative journalism. He had me questioning if this was actually a true story at one point because of his nonfiction style...he absolutely nailed it. The characters were so real to me, the …more

Seven Days of Us: A Novel
by Francesca Hornak

A family you will will want to spend time with... (6/4/2017)

Many books I completed recently have been well written but when finished reading them, I was sorry that so much of my time had been spent with people I thoroughly disliked. Lately, as I get older, I find that I do not care how many awards or accolades have been given to a …more

Little Black Lies
by Sharon Bolton

Little Black Lies (4/21/2015)

Why did this book appeal to me? I am hooked on Sharon Bolton's Lacey Flint series ... I gravitate towards mysteries, strong female leads, smart writing, unusual settings , multi- dimensional characters, nonpredictable plots lines...books that I still think about after I …more

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Lies and Weddings
by Kevin Kwan

A forbidden affair erupts at a lavish Hawaiian wedding in this wild comedy from the author of Crazy Rich Asians.

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Daughters of Shandong
by Eve J. Chung

Based on the author’s family story, comes an extraordinary novel about a mother and her daughters’ escape from Taiwan.

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The Girls of Good Fortune
by Kristina McMorris

Brave the Shanghai tunnels in this tale of love, identity, and resilience passed through generations.

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The Lilac People
by Milo Todd

For fans of All the Light We Cannot See, a poignant tale of a trans man’s survival in Nazi Germany and postwar Berlin.

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