Yours Truly…except…

I wanted something a little more realistic after immersing myself in the sci-fi/fantasy of Discworld, but nothing too heavy. So I picked up Abby Jiminez’s most recent contemporary romance, Yours Truly. I am always torn when I read… Read More

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Best in Show

Today is National Dog Day, and I usually do some sort of post noting books that I have enjoyed that include dogs as characters. This year, however, I didn’t discover any new titles since last time, so I… Read More

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Harking back

After I finished the latest Vera Wong, I decided to reread yet another of Rumer Godden’s books. I recently described the plot of In This House of Brede to my cousin, and it made me want to experience… Read More

Category: Classics, Literary Fiction, Socially engaged fictionTags:

Perfect stone fruit

Halfway through my reading of The Mare, my checkout period at the library ran out, and I couldn’t get the e-book back on my Kindle for about a week, so I took a break and read something else…. Read More

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The Mare (the girl)

Having read Horse, by Geraldine Brooks, a few months back, when someone recommended the book The Mare, by Mary Gaitskill, I was primed to read it, especially because the teenage main character was named Velvet, immediately transporting me… Read More

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Three hours in June?

I just finished Anne Tyler’s book Three Days in June. I picked it up because it kept popping up everywhere on people’s faves lists; I knew I had read Tyler before, but it was so long ago that… Read More

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Cream of the crop

I wasn’t going to post any further about my sojourn in the land of Regency Romance, but the last Heyer I reread was so delightful that I just have to share. I have previously mentioned a list of… Read More

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Escape from…

I have a number of books on my “TBR” list, but about a week and a half ago I decided to forego all of them for now and retreat into pure denial of everything that’s happening in the… Read More

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Boarding-school books

I’m off on my own personal nostalgia kick right now, re-reading Georgette Heyer novels to escape from the depressing real world of politics and sub-optimum health. But on one of the book-lovers’ pages on Facebook, a mom was… Read More

Category: Children's fiction, Classics, Coming of age, Dystopian, Fantasy, Genres, Magical realism, Mainstream fiction, Mystery, Paranormal, Realistic Fiction, Socially engaged fiction, Young Adult FictionTags: , , ,

Part of Your World #1

I reviewed Abby Jimenez’s book Just for the Summer in February, noting that it was the third volume of a loose trilogy without a through-story; the books simply share a few characters. This week I picked up the… Read More

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