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• Lady Cop Makes Trouble by Amy Stewart

  

  I loved the first book about Constance Kopp, Girl Waits with Gun, and this one thankfully gave me more of the same. In this book, Constance really wrestles... Read more

  Posted on 14 October 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Everyone Brave is Forgiven by Chris Cleave

  

  There’s no shortage of great historical novels written about World War II. This is a good one – probably not one of the best, but I found it more interesting... Read more

  Posted on 11 October 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE

• My September Reading Wrap-Up

  

  September wasn’t a great month for me — reading, reviewing or otherwise — but here’s what I read: Arabella of Mars by David Levine Everyone Brave is Forgiven... Read more

  Posted on 05 October 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Top Ten Tuesday: My Fall TBR List

  

  This week’s Top Ten Tuesday, hosted by The Broke and the Bookish, is what’s on your Fall To Be Read List? On my list goes one classic, a few next-in-series,... Read more

  Posted on 27 September 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE

• This Must Be the Place by Maggie O’Farrell

  

  I love Maggie O’Farrell, and I wanted to love this book. Ultimately, it didn’t move me as much as Instructions for a Heatwave or her other novels, even though... Read more

  Posted on 24 September 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo by Amy Schumer

  

  I expected Amy Schumer to be clever and funny. I like her in-your-face style of humor and I like that she wants women to talk about sex. Let’s face it: we can b... Read more

  Posted on 17 September 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Back to School: Children’s Classics by Women Authors

  

  I haven’t done anything this year for the Women’s Classic Literature Event, which is hosted by the Classics Club, but since it’s September and it’s Back to... Read more

  Posted on 10 September 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Books I Read on Vacation: Mini-reviews

  

  I don’t normally write catch-up reviews, for two reasons. First, I read these books in the middle of July so I don’t remember them so well, and I wasn’t... Read more

  Posted on 08 September 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE

• My August Reading Wrap Up: #20BooksofSummer

  

  Hello readers! My August wrap-up is also my 20 Books of Summer Wrap-Up, and it will tell you something about me that I ended up at exactly 20 books at the end o... Read more

  Posted on 01 September 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Girl with All the Gifts by M. R. Carey

  

  One of my favorite reads of the summer, this book has it all: great characters and story; a fun, almost movie-like plot (it will be a movie this fall); and... Read more

  Posted on 29 August 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE

• 20 Books of Summer: Books I Didn’t Finish

  

  As August comes to a close, I’ve finished 18 books for the 20 Books of Summer Challenge, but here are a couple I didn’t make it through. I don’t really change m... Read more

  Posted on 25 August 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Ghost Talkers by Mary Robinette Kowal

  

  Ghost Talkers is an ideal summer vacation read if you like historical and paranormal fiction. Set in Le Havre during World War I, it’s about a team of women... Read more

  Posted on 22 August 2016 BOOKS

• The Glorious Heresies by Lisa McInerney

  

  I had heard so many good things about this book (it won the 2016 Bailey’s Prize) that I was nervous it might not live up to expectations. It absolutely did. Read more

  Posted on 16 August 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Harmony by Carolyn Parkhurst

  

  This is the third book I’ve read by Carolyn Parkhurst, and each one has left me with deeply mixed feelings. There are many books you put down and don’t really... Read more

  Posted on 13 August 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE

• My July Reading Wrap-Up

  

  July was a fantastic month because of our trip to Hawaii. When I travel, I don’t necessarily try to tie my reading to my trip location. But on this trip I... Read more

  Posted on 01 August 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Our Trip to Hawaii: What I Did on My Summer Vacation

  

  Wanted to share a bit about our vacation in Hawaii. I feel a little guilty posting this, since you didn’t get to go. But Hawaii is one of the most beautiful... Read more

  Posted on 30 July 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Some Possible Solutions by Helen Phillips

  

  If you thought The Beautiful Bureaucrat was a strange book, Helen Phillips’ new book of short stories is even stranger, but it’s a really fun, and memorable... Read more

  Posted on 25 July 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Everybody’s Fool by Richard Russo

  

  Nobody’s Fool is one of the rare examples of a movie I fell in love with before the book. Paul Newman – enough said. Thankfully, the book was even better and... Read more

  Posted on 22 July 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Top Ten Books Set Outside the U.S.

  

  This week’s Top Ten Tuesday, hosted by The Broke and the Bookish, is about books that are set outside the U.S. I try to read a lot of books that are set in othe... Read more

  Posted on 19 July 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Sunlight Pilgrims by Jenni Fagan

  I absolutely loved Jenni Fagan’s first novel, The Panopticon, so I was excited to receive an advance copy of her new novel. I was a little afraid it wouldn’t... Read more

  Posted on 15 July 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE