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The Apothecary by Maile Meloy is the first in a magical Young Adult series set in the 1950s. Janie Scott's family has moved from Los An...

When We Were Young by Richard Roper is the story of two old friends who were driven apart by tragedy and a verbal falling out — one a succe...

When I heard Where the Crawdads Sing was our July selection for F2F group, I actually said, "Ugh," aloud. I did not want to read...

Millicent "Missy" Carmichael is old and tired and very lonely but she's not entirely sure what to do about her loneliness a...

Both of these are books from my personal shelves. As I was writing these two reviews (and planning a third), I realized they were ending up ...

Andrew rubbed his eyes and yawned. "All I want is to live in a converted train station on top of a mountain with sea views and Wif-F...

Nadya Skylung and the Cloudship Rescue is a middle-grade fantasy adventure that takes place in a world in which people travel in the cl...

In Tin Man by Sarah Winman, Ellis is an artist at heart and his mother, Dora, appreciates beauty but is stuck in a small, dark life. S...

The Salt Line begins with a group of people who are preparing to go on an expedtion. The world is dystopian, a near-future world in whic...

After the death of her mother, Rachel was sent to England to live with her grandparents. Now 18, she has decided to return to her home in...

I am way jumping the gun, here, because I could not stop myself from reading Setting Free the Kites by Alex George almost as soon as i...

Someday I'll catch up on reading and reviews and then my life will be complete, right?  RIGHT?  Okay, I know better but I can dream.  In...

I wonder if I should bother to mention the sources of my books. Should I? Sometimes I do; sometimes I don't. Armageddon in Retrospect...