A Graveyard That Refuses to Stay Silent We all have stories we’ve left unfinished, characters abandoned mid-sentence, plot threads snipped before they could fully unravel. But what if those untold tales refused to stay buried? What if they clawed their way out of the earth, demanding to be heard? This is the premise of Julia […]
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Book Review: This Stops With Me
This Stops With Me by Louise Grayhurst Genre: Memoir / Self-Help ISBN: 9781763696105 Print Length: 116 pages Amazon Bookshop Reviewed by Elizabeth Reiser An authentic approach to moving forward from family trauma and toxicity This Stops With Me is an emotive & raw memoir about Louise Grayhurst emerging out of the fraught relationship she had […]
The Third Estate (Secrets of the Manor) by D.R. Berlin Genre: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense ISBN: 9781977279026 Print Length: 282 pages Publisher: Outskirts Press Amazon Bookshop Reviewed by Jaylynn Korrell A family tragedy opens up a world of secrets for one daughter, while placing a target on her back. Sophie Allard’s world is rocked after […]
The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year by Ally Carter on September 24, 2024 Genres: Fiction / Adaptations & Pastiche, Fiction / Holidays, Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Cozy / Holidays & Vacation, Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Women Sleuths, Fiction / Romance / Action & Adventure, Fiction / Romance / Contemporary, Fiction […]
Jonathan Evison’s latest novel, The Heart of Winter, is a deeply moving meditation on marriage, aging, and the profound complexities of long-term love. Through the story of Abe and Ruth Winter’s seventy-year marriage, Evison crafts an intimate portrait that resonates with authenticity and emotional depth. The Story Set primarily on a small farm on Bainbridge […]
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Book Review: Wild Forest Rose
Wild Forest Rose by Ken Fulmer Genre: Historical Fiction / Christian Fiction ISBN: 9781955323130 Print Length: 530 pages Amazon Reviewed by Lauren Hayataka Where history and faith collide, salvation and obsession intertwine. Ken Fulmer weaves an intricate tapestry of late 19th-century life in Wild Forest Rose, an impassioned tale of forgiveness, faith, and redemption. Through […]
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The Lotus Shoes by Jane Yang
In her remarkable debut novel, Jane Yang weaves an intricate tapestry of friendship, betrayal, and redemption set against the backdrop of late Qing Dynasty China. The Lotus Shoes masterfully explores the complex relationship between two young women – Little Flower, a talented slave girl (muizai), and Linjing, her privileged but conflicted mistress – as they […]
The Ball at Sceaux by Honoré de Balzac is one of the oldest texts of la Comédie Humaine. The first edition of this novella was published in 1830 in the Scènes de la vie privée. This post may contain affiliate links that earn us a commission at no extra cost to you. The Ball at […]
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The Winners by Fredrik Backman
The Winners by Fredrik Backman on September 27, 2022 Genres: Fiction / Literary, Fiction / Small Town & Rural, Fiction / Sports Pages: 688 Format: Hardcover Buy on Amazon Goodreads “We fool ourselves that we can protect the people we love, because if we accepted the truth we’d never let them out of our sight.” […]
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No Place Left to Hide by Megan Lally
Megan Lally’s No Place Left to Hide is a masterfully crafted young adult thriller that deftly weaves together themes of privilege, perfection, and the devastating consequences of maintaining appearances at any cost. Through alternating timelines of “Now” and “Before,” Lally constructs a taut narrative that explores how far someone will go to protect their carefully […]