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The Lost English Girl
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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