Tag: book reviews
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The Important Story of the Yellow Wife
Five-Star Read: Yellow Wife by Sadeqa Johnson I recently wrote about five reasons I love reading historical fiction, and Yellow Wife by Sadeqa Johnson is an excellent example of why I love this genre. About Yellow Wife Yellow Wife is the story of Pheby Delores Brown, born on Bell Plantation in Virginia. She was favored…
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Books I Read Last Week: March 13 to March 19
Another week of reading some backlist books! Last week was a varied mix of satisfying reads and audiobooks. Here’s a quick review of the three books I checked off my list last week. Spells for Forgetting Spells for Forgetting by Adrienne Young was one of my 2022 Book of the Month picks, and overall, it…
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More Adventures with Jess Gabriel – A Place Like This Review
Book Review: A Place Like This by Cari Scribner Jess Gabriel is figuring out life as a single woman in her fifties. As a follow-up to A Girl Like You, author Cari Scribner takes us alongside Jess as she wonders what could have been if one of her two marriages had worked out, as she…
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What I Read This Week: March 6 to March 12
This week was a continuation of clearing my to-be-read shelves. Two of the three books I read will stay in my collection, and one will be added to the donate pile. All in all, not a bad week of reading! Final Girls by Riley Sager Final Girls is Riley Sager’s first novel and my third…
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Quick Reviews from My Shelves
As part of my challenge to clear my shelves this year, I’m reading to many of my backlist books–those that have been sitting on my shelves for years with the promise of being read someday. February 2023 was a big month of checking off to-be-read books from my shelves, particularly for books that are recognized…
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