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Too Old for This
by Samantha Downing
The Invisibiity Cloak (3/27/2025)
Sharing Lottie's invisibility cloak of a certain age but fortunately, not sharing her history, I am mercifully not haunted by the possibility of someone waiting to document a life-history best forgotten.

My junk drawer, filled with tools, has never looked so sinister...andmore
The Antidote: A Novel
by Karen Russell
Memories, Magic, Murder, With a Dash of Witchcraft and Basketball (2/21/2025)
I am not quite finished with this book, partly because I am so in love with the writing and am luxuriating in the language. I often re-read particulary exquisite (or hilarious) sentences.I have been marking passages I love with post it tabs,and the book looks like amore
Girl Falling: A Novel
by Hayley Scrivenor
Red Herrings Abound (9/15/2024)
I admit that asked for this book based on the sapphic description. The relationships tiptoed up to the edge of menage a trois, and added a "will they, won't they?" element to the book.
Overall, this complex, sometimes convoluted novel kept me returning to previous pages tomore
Help Wanted: A Novel
by Adelle Waldman
Hidden Help (1/13/2024)
This was not an easy read, and I was reluctant to enter the hidden world of the human beings who support our insatiable desire for more "stuff," IMMEDIATELY. Like many of the systems that provide those of us who have some bit of privilege, I'd prefer not to know about themore
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