Red Letter Days - fact and fiction meet in a satisfying story set during the blacklist era.
The history of the 1950s and the insanity of the Red Scare is one that has always intrigued me. Based on that interest, I was fully...
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- Feb 19, 2020
When We Were Brave - an unforgettable and heartbreaking story about love and betrayal during WWII.
In When We Were Brave, we meet Sophie Hamilton in present day London. She is mourning the loss of her mother and daughter. While working...
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- Feb 15, 2020
The Genius of Women - a celebration of exceptional women.
I’m sure that there has never been a book entitled The Genius of Men because it has long been assumed that if someone was a genius then...
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- Feb 14, 2020
The Sun Down Motel - It's Creepy and it's Spooky. And it's Great.
What an enjoyable, creepy read. The story alternates between 1982 and 2017. After her mother’s death, Carly travels to Fell, New York to...
MicheleReader
- Feb 12, 2020
Welcome to Creepytown! Enjoy Mary Kubica's latest - The Other Mrs.
Sadie and Will Foust inherit an old house on a remote island off the coast of Maine – the place where the husband’s sister committed...
MicheleReader
- Feb 9, 2020
Marriage on Madison Avenue - when you're looking for a light, easy, breezy romance.
With such a cute cover, I felt drawn to this light romance book. I was not expecting anything more than a sweet tale which Marriage on...
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- Feb 7, 2020
Behind Every Lie – a clever, twisty domestic thriller that will keep you guessing until the end.
In Behind Every Lie, Eve Hansen is in a hospital in Seattle having been struck by lightning and is told that her mother has been...
MicheleReader
- Feb 3, 2020
Danielle Steel addresses timely subjects in Moral Compass
In Moral Compass, the prolific Danielle Steel tackles the tough subject of rape, alcohol abuse and a cover-up by six seniors in an elite...
MicheleReader
- Jan 30, 2020
Golden in Death: book #50 in the In Death - Eve Dallas series is another strong entry.
J.D. Robb (pseudonym for bestselling author Nora Roberts) brings fans of the In Death series it's 50th book. This is one of the few...
MicheleReader
- Jan 25, 2020
Long Bright River - a gritty crime mystery set amid the opioid crisis.
Long Bright River is a powerful story about two very different sisters. Their mother died of a drug overdose and they were raised by...
MicheleReader
- Jan 24, 2020
Cartier’s Hope – for fans of Gilded Age NYC
Cartier’s Hope does a fine job transporting the reader to New York City, 1910 where the wealthy live charmed lives filled with jewels,...
MicheleReader
- Jan 20, 2020
Love Lettering: a lovely, romantic surprise
Love Lettering was an enjoyable surprise. It was not on my radar but when I saw the cover, I had to learn more. As someone who has more...
MicheleReader
- Jan 19, 2020
When You See Me: a new Lisa Gardner book is always cause for celebration!
Lisa Gardner remains in top form in her latest thriller When You See Me. Detective DD Warren, FBI Special Agent Kimberly Quincy and...
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- Jan 16, 2020
Dreamland - Travel back to Coney Island
Dreamland, is an absorbing historical mystery with some romance set in 1911, New York City. Peggy Batternberg, a young heiress, is...
MicheleReader
- Jan 14, 2020
The Whispers of War - a tender story of friendship
It’s 1939 in Britain as the war with Germany appears a certainty. While set during the start of WWII, this is less a book about the war...
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- Jan 13, 2020
All The Ways We Said Goodbye is another gem by the writing team of Willig, Williams, and White.
Each writer tells the tale of one of the three female characters set in: 1914, 1942, 1964. As this writing team has done in two earlier...
MicheleReader
- Jan 13, 2020
The Prized Girl. An impressive debut novel – a good solid mystery thriller.
Who killed Jenny the former teenage pageant queen? Through dual story lines we learn of Jenny’s life leading up to her murder and in...
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- Jan 13, 2020
House On Endless Waters. A very moving story.
Famous Israeli author Yoel Blum had sworn to his late mother than he would never visit Amsterdam, the place he was born and where he, his...
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- Jan 13, 2020
Diane Chamberlain is a great storyteller and is in top form in Big Lies In A Small Town.
You will become fully absorbed by the dual story lines of Morgan in 2018 and Anna in 1940. Morgan is charged with an unrealistic...
MicheleReader
- Jan 13, 2020
You Were There Too. An emotional read to start off the new year.
The premise of two people who may or may not be destined for one another having each been dreaming of the other (in Mia's case, for...
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