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The Girl Who Smiled Beads: A Story of War and What Comes After
by Elizabeth Weil, Clemantine Wamariya
The Girl Who Smiled Beads (2/22/2018)
The title of the book is based on a story that Clementine's nanny, Mukamana, would tell her. It was about a beautiful, magical girl who roamed the earth, smiling beads, and it was her favorite story. How ironic that Clementine ended up roaming the world.

The references tomore
Sometimes I Lie
by Alice Feeney
Sometimes I Lie will creep under your skin and not let go. (10/30/2017)
This psychological thriller is a five star plus plus plus book! I tried to set it aside and get some work done, but it wouldn't let me. It kept calling until I gave in and started reading again. And as I was reading I couldn't figure out exactly what was going on. A numbermore
The Stars Are Fire
by Anita Shreve
One Sitting Read (2/24/2017)
The Stars Are Fire by Anita Shreve is a one sitting read. Once you pick up the book and read the first sentence, you will not want to or be able to put it down. A five star book of engaging historical fiction.

Shreve transports us to coastal Maine in 1947 where we meetmore
Home Sweet Home
by April Smith
Needs more suspense (12/29/2016)
Home Sweet Home was an enjoyable read. The references to McCarthyism were enlightening and touched on a topic I haven't read much about. The characters were well developed and easy to like or dislike. There were a few I was not crazy about, but that is true of the people wemore
Caught in the Revolution: Petrograd, Russia, 1917 - A World on the Edge
by Helen Rappaport
Caught in the Revolution (10/30/2016)
This is a hard book to review since I do not like reading non-fiction. The four star rating is for the exceptional research by Helen Rappaport and her attention to details in the writing. There were so many times I felt that I was in Petrograd. I could hear the gun fire,more
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