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Bad Animals: A Novel
by Sarah Braunstein
Convoluted Tale (1/29/2024)
I love books, libraries and authors, and I hoped 'to like this book better than I did. It seemed to me to be all over the place, and made me wonder if the author ever decided exactly which story she was telling.

I kept reading, not because the plot was suspenseful ormore
Mrs. Plansky's Revenge
by Spencer Quinn
Fun & Feisty Retiree (4/11/2023)
A quick and entertaining read that I enjoyed more than I anticipated. Senior citizens constantly are warned about telephone scams, but business-savvy widow Mrs. Plansky inexplicably falls for one, Her $4 million plus nest egg disappears in an instant, and the feisty retireemore
Last House Before the Mountain
by Monika Helfer
Hardly Anyone Likable (2/27/2023)
I found it hard to get into this strange tale about three generations living in a remote corner of Austria. The plot centers on the years the father is away fighting in WWI, and stories are retold by several siblings, becoming a bit repetitive. There are no chapters ormore
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