Tag: bookrec
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Books, Briefly: Signs Preceding the End of the World
I’m introducing Books, Briefly – a new segment to Archetypes and Anecdotes! For some books, I may decide to write shorter reviews instead of the longer, in-depth ones that I have been writing – hence the name “Books, Briefly”. A shorter review does not mean that a book is bad or that it’s less important…
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Beach Read Has Readers Falling in Love
“Falling’s the part that takes your breath away. It’s the part when you can’t believe the person standing in front of you both exists and happened to wander into your path. It’s supposed to make you feel lucky to be alive, exactly when and where you are.” Beach Read – Emily Henry My Rating In…
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When We Believed in Mermaids Tests the Waters of Family
“Your quest is powerful. You needn’t apologize for the space it takes.” When We Believed in Mermaids – Barbara O’Neal My Rating In Summary of When We Believed in Mermaids “Her sister has been dead for fifteen years when she sees her on the TV news…“ Kit Bianci goes on a search for her long-lost…
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The One Hundred Years of Lenni & Margot Ends Too Soon
“There are some words in the Lord’s Prayer that I don’t know. But I do know the word art. It’s a necessary inclusion, I think. We should all be artists. Especially if God is doing art in heaven; we should follow his example.” The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot – Marianne Cronin My…
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Malibu Rising Surfs into Readers’ Hearts
“They had taught her that family is found, that whether it be blood or circumstances or choice, what binds us does not matter. All that matters is that we are bound.” Malibu Rising – Taylor Jenkins Reid My Rating In Summary of Malibu Rising It’s the end of summer in Malibu 1983, and the Riva…
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An American Marriage: Ain’t No Sunshine When He’s Gone
“Love makes a place in your life, it makes a place for itself in your bed. Invisibly, it makes a place in your body, rerouting all your blood vessels, throbbing right alongside your heart. When it’s gone, nothing is whole again.” An American Marriage – Tayari Jones My Rating In Summary of An American Marriage…
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The Maidens: What Secrets Are Being Kept?
“Once you kill another human being, there’s no going back… It’s a bit like being reborn, I suppose… What emerges from the ashes is not a phoenix, but an uglier creature: deformed, incapable of flight, a predator using it claws to cut and rip.” The Maidens – Alex Michaelides Thank you to Celadon Books for…
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The Audacity of Sara Grayson will Catch Readers’ Hearts
“‘All writers have demons, Grayson. Nasty little guys that will chop you up and feed you to the pigeons down below.‘” The Audacity of Sara Grayson – Joani Elliott Thank you, NetGalley and Post Hill Press, for providing me with an advance reader copy in exchange for an honest review. Available for purchase on Tuesday,…
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The Hunting Wives Seduce Readers into their Secret World
“It wasn’t envy, though. I didn’t want to be her… I wanted to be near her. For her to notice me, too… It became powerful and even consuming.” The Hunting Wives – May Cobb My Rating In Summary of The Hunting Wives Sophie O’Neill leaves behind big city life to hunker down in small-town, East…
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Arsenic and Adobo is a Tasty Read, but Lacks Zest
“In typical Filipino fashion, my aunt expressed her love not through words of encouragement or affectionate embraces, but through food. Food was how she communicated. Food was how she found her place in the world.” Arsenic and Adobo – Mia P. Manansala My Rating In Summary of Arsenic and Adobo Categorized as a “cozy mystery”,…
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