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Last Night at the Hollywood Canteen - drama, glamour and witty characters.
The year is 1943. After a tough breakup, New York City murder-mystery playwright Annie Laurence moves to Hollywood to write for Pacific...

MicheleReader
Nov 8, 2023


The Porcelain Maker - a moving WWII-era story.
It's 1993 and Clara Vogel has traveled from England to attend a small auction in Cincinnati where she purchases what appears to be a...

MicheleReader
Nov 6, 2023


Blood Sisters - a riveting mystery and an eye-opening story about America's Indigenous people.
Syd Walker is living in Rhode Island in 2008, working as an archeologist for the BIA (Bureau of Indian Affairs). While the BIA was...

MicheleReader
Nov 3, 2023


Charm City Rocks - a perfect book when you're looking for a sweet, light and fun read.
Billy Perkins is simply a nice guy. He's living in Baltimore teaching piano in his apartment above the local music store named Charm City...

MicheleReader
Oct 30, 2023


Becoming the Boogeyman - a clever mystery thriller novel written as a true-crime book.
Becoming the Boogeyman is author Richard Chizmar's follow up to his 2021 bestseller Chasing the Boogeyman, which I enjoyed very much....

MicheleReader
Oct 27, 2023


Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin): A Memoir by Sly Stone - best enjoyed by fans of his music.
Sly and the Family Stone's Greatest Hits was one of the most played albums I'd ever owned. While I no longer have the record or a...

MicheleReader
Oct 25, 2023


Across Seward Park - an impressive historical fiction debut set in New York City.
This engaging historical novel starts in 1912. The setting is New York City's Lower East Side. Irving Friedman is a young son of...

MicheleReader
Oct 23, 2023


The Leftover Woman - a story of drama, mystery and suspense.
With China's one-child policy, Jasmine's abusive husband Wen had hoped for a son and heir. When Jasmine gave birth to a daughter, he told...

MicheleReader
Oct 20, 2023


The Roaring Days of Zora Lily - a dazzling Jazz Age story.
In the present day, an exhibit is being developed for the Smithsonian National Museum of American History featuring movie costumes...

MicheleReader
Oct 17, 2023


The True Love Experiment - an enjoyable romance set in the world of TV dating reality shows.
Christina Lauren, the writing duo Christina Hobbs and Lauren Billings, are on my go-to list of authors to choose when it's time for some...

MicheleReader
Oct 10, 2023


The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store - an unforgettable story that is full of heartbreak and hope.
In 1972, human remains with a Jewish mezuzah were found in a well in Pottstown, PA, in a section referred to as Chicken Hill. The area...

MicheleReader
Oct 5, 2023


The Intern - a law student is in over her head when she interns for a judge she idolizes.
Madison Rivera, a bright, ambitious Harvard Law student, has been invited to apply for an internship with Judge Kathryn Conroy, who is...

MicheleReader
Oct 2, 2023


Wellness - a love story for our times.
In the early 1990s, Jack Baker, a budding photographer, left Kansas and moved to Chicago to go to school and prove his parents wrong,...

MicheleReader
Sep 28, 2023


Bright Lights, Big Christmas - get in the mood for the holidays with this sweet book.
The Tolliver Family Farms of North Carolina had been selling Christmas trees every year in the West Village of New York City while the...

MicheleReader
Sep 26, 2023


Traitors Gate - enjoy book #6 in Jeffrey Archer's action-packed William Warwick series.
I became a Jeffrey Archer fan after reading his seven-book series The Clifton Chronicles where the character of William Warwick was...

MicheleReader
Sep 22, 2023


The Golden Gate - an entertaining combination of mystery thriller & historical fiction.
The setting is Berkley, California. In 1944, in the Claremont Hotel, wealthy industrialist and presidential hopeful William Wilkinson was...

MicheleReader
Sep 18, 2023


After That Night (Will Trent, #11) - a terrific thriller in a series that keeps going strong.
Karin Slaughter has treated us to another excellent book in the Will Trent series. Set in Atlanta, GBI Special Agent Will Trent and...

MicheleReader
Sep 13, 2023


Perfectly Nice Neighbors - a tense, thought-provoking thriller.
Salma and Bilal have just moved to Blenheim, a suburb of London, which they hope will offer a new start for the Khatun family as they...

MicheleReader
Sep 11, 2023


Don't Forget to Write - a delightful, humorous and heartwarming story set in 1960.
It's 1960 and 20-year-old Marilyn Kleinman might as well be a teenager based on the way her parents treat her. She's been allowed to go...

MicheleReader
Sep 7, 2023


Hotel Cuba - two sisters' moving journey from the Polish shtetls to Cuba and ultimately America.
In 1922, as the borders of Russia and Poland continued to shift and deadly pogroms were on the rise, life in the Jewish shtetls grew...

MicheleReader
Sep 5, 2023
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