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I think the best way to describe this book is to go back to my old format (of about a dozen years ago) and talk about what I liked and disli...

I had to give Heart Berries by Terese Marie Mailhot some thought before I even managed to rate it at Goodreads. I had (and still have) such...

In The Nanny , Jocelyn (Jo) was deeply attached to her nanny, as a child. Hannah was trustworthy, kind, and a better mother to Jo than h...

I thoroughly enjoyed Tessa Hadley's last novel, The Past , so I was really excited when I got the opportunity to review Late in the D...

Bagel wanted to join a dance contest but had trouble finding a partner. Poppy told him his dance steps were half-baked.  He asked Pre...

Yes, it's true that I posed Girl in the Woods in the middle of a nandina in my yard (and then came inside scratching). I just fi...

I had mixed feelings about both of these books, so I've decided to pair them up for mini treatment in spite of the fact that one is a no...

One Night in Winter by Simon Sebag Montefiore Copyright 2014  Harper - Historical Fiction/Russia WWII and post WWII Source: HarperColl...

The Other Typist by Suzanne Rindell Copyright 2013  Berkley Books - Historical Fiction (1920s) Source: Penguin Books for Tour My doc...

I need to do some catch-up, so it's mini review time, again. Lost Lake is the latest release by Sarah Addison Allen. I've read al...

Is that a gorgeous cover, or what?   The Clockwork Scarab is the first in a new Young Adult Steampunk series by Colleen Gleason k...

The Curiosity by Stephen P. Kiernan Copyright 2013 William Morrow - Fiction/Hmm - Science Fiction? 426 pp. ****WARNING!!! THIS ...

She Rises by Kate Worsley Copyright 2013  Bloomsbury - Historical Fictionl/LGBT 421 pp. Publisher's description: A panor...

Ten Little Aliens by Stephen Cole Copyright 2013 (reprint) BBC Books - SciFi/Fan Fiction - Dr. Who 322 pp. Source:  From the...