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Dirt Creek
Dirt Creek: A Novel
by Hayley Scrivenor
Dirt Creek by Hayley Scrivenor (3/25/2022)
First of all, I liked this book VERY much. I'm giving it 5 stars, which it deserves. This book was written by someone who knows how to write. I discovered this wit reading the first paragraph. More than once I have put down a book because the writing was inferior. Not this …more
The Sunset Route
The Sunset Route: Freight Trains, Forgiveness, and Freedom on the Rails in the American West
by Carrot Quinn
Sunset Route (7/23/2021)
The Sunset Route is a memoir along the lines of Educated, The Glass Castle, and Hillbilly Elegy. The author, Carrot Quinn, as a child is neglected in every possible way, The father has abandoned the family and the mother is a schizophrenic who spends her time in the bedroom …more
The Voyage of the Morning Light
The Voyage of the Morning Light: A Novel
by Marina Endicott
The Voyage of the Morning Light (6/22/2020)
For some reason, I thought the Voyage of the Morning Light was an adventure story similar to an Indiana Jones story. It's not. Sailing around the world is an adventure, but this isn't a rowdy one. The descriptions of animals, the ocean, and the sky are beautiful. Worth …more
You Were There Too
You Were There Too
by Colleen Oakley
You Were There Too (8/18/2019)
Do you think your dreams have significance? Do you think that they can foretell the future or give you information about a past life? This is the mystery that Mia Graydon is trying to figure out.

The story takes place in the present. Mia and her husband, Harrison, recently …more
The Lost Man
The Lost Man
by Jane Harper
The Lost Man (11/12/2018)
I would classify this book as a "midnight" book. That is you are reading chapter after chapter because it is so good that you don't want to stop. You look up at the clock and see that it is midnight, so you say to yourself, "I'll read just one more chapter."
One of the more …more
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