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Ordinary Love
Ordinary Love: A Novel
by Marie Rutkoski
Ordinary Love (5/5/2025)
At first glance this would appear to be a coming of age story of Emily and Gen. However it is so much more. Marie Rutkoski has done a brilliant job of character development as they have matured in their life choices good and bad. The protagonists are presented in such a way …more
The Original Daughter
The Original Daughter: A Novel
by Jemimah Wei
The Original Daughter (3/26/2025)
Jemimah Wei weaves a heart wrenching story of two girls growing up as sisters in Singapore in the 1990's and then follows them into a diverse socially complicated journey into adulthood. Gen, is the eldest who is the narrator of the story. She is a very bright girl who …more
Songs of Summer
Songs of Summer
by Jane L. Rosen
Songs of Summer (1/26/2025)
A refreshing read about discovering family and self. What could possibly go wrong when a thirty year old music shop owner decides she might want to meet her birth mother.? Maggie Mae , a young woman who loves music and lives thru song in all aspects of her life, is on a …more
Serial Killer Games
Serial Killer Games
by Kate Posey
Serial Killers (1/3/2025)
Serial Killers was reminiscent of a boxing match where the two main characters, Jake and Dolores, are taking jabs at each other thru the first third of the book and trying to one up the other and then perform a dance for the supporting characters through the remainder of …more
Libby Lost and Found
Libby Lost and Found: A Novel
by Stephanie Booth
Libby Lost and Found (8/11/2024)
Initially I wondered the genre then realized it is part Fantasy, part Romance and part mystery all rolled into one cohesive story about a dysfunctional family….real and imagined. Libby and Peanut are the primary characters surrounded by a plethora of real and imagined …more
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