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The Cleaner
The Cleaner : A Novel
by Brandi Wells
Reviewed: Mar 4, 2024
 
Published: Jan 30, 2024
 
The night cleaner comes and does what she does best—sorts out the messes of the daytime employees. None of them know her, but she knows everything about them. Disturbing and funny in equal measures.
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(3.1/5)
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The Waters
The Waters : A Novel
by Bonnie Jo Campbell
Reviewed: Oct 23, 2023
 
Published: Jan 9, 2024
 
A master of rural noir returns with a fierce, mesmerizing novel about exceptional women and the soul of a small town. The #ReadWithJenna January 2024 Pick.
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(3.9/5)
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Wild and Distant Seas
Wild and Distant Seas : A Novel
by Tara Karr Roberts
Reviewed: Sep 19, 2023
 
Published: Jan 2, 2024
 
A gorgeous debut, laced through with magic, following four generations of women as they seek to chart their own futures.
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(4.5/5)
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Day
Day : A Novel
by Michael Cunningham
Reviewed: Oct 3, 2023
 
Published: Nov 14, 2023
 
A searing, exquisitely crafted exploration of love and loss, the struggles and limitations of family life—and how we all must learn to live together and apart—from the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Hours
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(3.6/5)
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Above the Salt
Above the Salt : A Novel
by Katherine Vaz
Reviewed: Aug 24, 2023
 
Published: Nov 7, 2023
 
An irresistible and sweeping love story that follows two Portuguese refugees who flee religious violence and reignite their budding romance in Civil-War America.
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(4.4/5)
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The Witches at the End of the World
The Witches at the End of the World
by Chelsea Iversen
Reviewed: Jul 19, 2023
 
Published: Oct 17, 2023
 
Two sisters find themselves at odds in this breathtaking historical fantasy – and when one releases a dark spell, someone will have to burn. They are witches, after all.
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(3.9/5)
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Alfie and Me
Alfie and Me : What Owls Know, What Humans Believe
by Carl Safina
Reviewed: Aug 21, 2023
 
Published: Oct 3, 2023
 
A moving account of raising, then freeing, an orphaned screech owl, whose lasting friendship with the author illuminates humanity's relationship with the world.
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(4.0/5)
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The Roaring Days of Zora Lily
The Roaring Days of Zora Lily : A Novel
by Noelle Salazar
Reviewed: Aug 21, 2023
 
Published: Oct 3, 2023
 
The discovery of a hidden label on a famous gown unearths the story of a talented young seamstress in this glittering novel of family, love, ambition, and self discovery by the USA Today bestselling author of The Flight Girls.
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(4.7/5)
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