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The Naming Song
The Naming Song
by Jedediah Berry
The Naming Game (6/16/2024)
I found this book to be totally confusing. It was difficult to make sense of and keep track of all the names.

However, I always believe that any book that is being published deserves to get some credit. Since I was unable to read it, never mind finish it, I passed it on to a …more
The Stolen Child
The Stolen Child: A Novel
by Ann Hood
The Stolen Child (4/11/2024)
Once again Ann Hood's writing draws you into the story, transports you to another time and place, then makes you need to keep reading until the end. It's been awhile since I last read her and I had forgotten what a wonderful writer she is. Thank you BookBrowse for reminding …more
Wild and Distant Seas
Wild and Distant Seas: A Novel
by Tara Karr Roberts
Wild and Distant Seas (10/26/2023)
What a joy it was to read this book. Although I am not a Moby Dick fan, once I started reading this, I was hooked. Beautifully written, the book just flows. The story follows four generations of women and their daughters. The tale of Ishmael is woven in as each new …more
Fruiting Bodies
Fruiting Bodies: Stories
by Kathryn Harlan
Fruiting Bodies (5/26/2022)
These stories make me think of floating in the ocean. All is calm then suddenly a wave breaks over you. Each story had a moment that made me say "wait a minute" and then start the story again. Fruiting Bodies was lovely , with a breaking wave at some point. I guess you …more
The Kindest Lie
The Kindest Lie
by Nancy Johnson
The Kindest Lie (2/5/2022)
It's been awhile since I read a book I wanted to finish. Thank you BookBrowse for sending it along. I was drawn in by just the writing. This book flowed for me. It was hard to put it down and I wanted more.The characters were well developed and I loved Ruth. Kindest Lie had …more
The Family Chao
The Family Chao: A Novel
by Lan Samantha Chang
The Famly Chao (11/18/2021)
The Family Chao was not I expected. For some reason I thought it would be a warm and fuzzy book. It was not.Instead it was a complex read about families. I never read The Brothers Karamazov and didn't read the blurb on the back . I am glad I didn't. I had no expectations …more
Sisters of the Great War
Sisters of the Great War: A Novel
by Suzanne Feldman
Sisters of the Great War (9/5/2021)
Let me start by saying I loved this book. I do have 2 criticisms so let me get them out of the way

This book needed to be longer It should have been fleshed out more. The reader has just been through an intense ride with the author, then everything is neatly tied up in a few …more
The Temple House Vanishing
The Temple House Vanishing
by Rachel Donohue
Temple House Vanishing (5/10/2021)
Temple Vanishing has an interesting plot. The mysterious disappearance of a student and a teacher. Sadly, as much as I liked the storyline, I found the book hard to follow. I often had to go back and double check who the voice was at that point in time. When I was reading, …more
The Personal Librarian
The Personal Librarian
by Marie Benedict, Victoria Christopher Murray
Personal Librarian (2/26/2021)
This is an incredible book about an amazing woman. A young black woman passing as white, entered the world of J.P. Morgan and conquered it. Taking a job as J.P.Morgan's personal secretary, she proceeded to help him create and build the Pierpoint Morgan Library. Based on a …more
Stories from Suffragette City
Stories from Suffragette City
by M.J. Rose, Fiona Davis
Stories from Suffragette City (11/4/2020)
Until now I had never read an anthology where every story was a gem. The writing was excellent. All the stories engrossing. All made me feel as though I was there. This little book gave me new insights into the suffragette movement. It made me proud of and grateful to all …more
Hieroglyphics
Hieroglyphics
by Jill McCorkle
Hieroglyphics (7/1/2020)
I will admit to a little difficulty getting in to this book. I normally don't enjoy books that jump back and forth as this one did. Then I was hooked and couldn't stop reading it. Nor did I want it to end. Jill McCorkle is an exceptional writer. I found myself identifying …more
The Sun Down Motel
The Sun Down Motel
by Simone St. James
The Sun Down Motel by Simone St James (11/13/2019)
Creepy, scary, intense , gripping....I can go on and on. Simone St James is one of my favourite authors anyway, but this time she has gone to a new level. I love a good ghost story and this one was very unique. The story alternates between Viv and her niece. Carly is …more
The In-Betweens
The In-Betweens: The Spiritualists, Mediums, and Legends of Camp Etna
by Mira Ptacin
The In-Betweens (10/13/2019)
Spiritualists, mediums and communicating with the dead. All subjects I have been intrigued by and believe in. While there are many books on these subjects, some are dry and seem more like a textbook than anything else. Or they are filled with photos of " spirits". Mira …more
The Night Tiger
The Night Tiger: A Novel
by Yangsze Choo
The Night Tiger (1/4/2019)
Even though I have finished the book, I find myself picking it up again and again. The writing is beautiful, the story line multi-layered , the main characters are richly developed. Each time I reread a section I find a new discovery. I initially requested Night Tiger …more
Our House
Our House
by Louise Candlish
Our House (6/7/2018)
Fiona Lawson left her husband because he had an affair. When they split both agreed that she would stay in the family home with their two children. Then she comes home one day to find another family moving into her house. As her life shatters she uncovers one betrayal after …more
French Exit
French Exit
by Patrick deWitt
French Exit (2/15/2018)
I really wanted to like this book, but I couldn't. It started out ok, then went downhill from there. I didn't like the characters, the writing felt flat. Basically , I just was bored. This was one of those books that I kept trying to read because it was for a review and it …more
The Hazel Wood
The Hazel Wood
by Melissa Albert
The Hazel Wood (2/15/2018)
An amazing debut! A wonderful YA and adult fantasy. One of the most entrancing, enjoyable books I have read in years. Alice and her mother have lived a life of bad luck. So much so, that she can see when it is starting and knows they must move immediately. Her estranged …more
Only Child
Only Child
by Rhiannon Navin
Only Child (2/15/2018)
Only Child is amazing! Once I started reading it I was unable to put it down. The writing flows and the characters are well-developed .It is intense, heartbreaking and uplifting. While it starts with a school shooting, that is not what it is about. There is so much more to …more
Eternal Life
Eternal Life
by Dara Horn
eternal life by dara horn (11/26/2017)
Rachel is old. Really old. Like over 2000 years old; and try as she might, she cannot die. She has married over and over again. Borne hundreds of children. She has buried them all. 2000 years earlier she committed an act that gave her eternal life. Now she cannot escape it. …more
The French Girl
The French Girl
by Lexie Elliott
The French Girl (9/13/2017)
Six college friends spend a week in a secluded farmhouse in France. Severine, a mysterious woman joins them. Then she disappears. Fast forward 10 years and a body is found. Is it Severine and if so, what really happened to her?

Kate Channing is the voice of this novel. She …more
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