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Vox
by Christina Dalcher
Vox: Not Simply Fiction (6/9/2018)
Vox: A Novel is more of a cautionary tale in this day and age when things we never imagined would happen in our country are suddenly happening. It makes you realize how people with extreme religious beliefs can hijack the government and take away the rights of others due to …more
Happiness
Happiness: The Crooked Little Road to Semi-Ever After
by Heather Harpham
Interesting Memoir (8/15/2017)
This memoir kept my attention and made me keep reading to find out what happens next. It was easy reading and well written.

The memoir is about a parent's love for a baby/child born with an undiagnosed life threatening disease and how it affects her relationship with the …more
Precious Thing
Precious Thing
by Colette McBeth
Intriguing (2/12/2014)
Comparisons aside to Gone Girl, this book has a unique style and will be one you cannot put down. I like books about friendship and how people change over the years. I found it to be an interesting novel.
Golden Boy
Golden Boy
by Abigail Tarttelin
Timely Twist on Adolescent Angst (2/13/2013)
So many novels have been written about adolescence angst and family relationships, but Golden Boy puts a timely twist on this genre. Like most teenagers, Max feels different. However, his difference is something that is kept secret due to societal taboos.

Having read the …more
Bloom
Bloom: Finding Beauty in the Unexpected - A Memoir
by Kelle Hampton
An Unexpected Blessing (3/7/2012)
This beautiful memoir of the birth of the author's second child is a lesson to us all. Having expectations for her second child and the future and realizing that her fantasy of perfection is not what life is about, Kelle leads on a journey from grieving over having a child …more
The Language of Secrets
The Language of Secrets
by Dianne Dixon
The Language of Secrets (2/14/2010)
I found this book to be a real page turner that kept me interested to the end. The author, a screenwriter, knows how to write a story which keeps the reader wanting for more information to solve the puzzle.

The style is easy to read and chapters are named for the character, …more
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