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You mean love doesn't conquer all? Sometimes a book will surprise me, like when the writing is much better than I expected. Sometimes the surprise is more like a swindle, like the time I eagerly started a psychological thriller only to discover that it was more of a sad mental health story. Sometimes you want … Continue reading Love and other crimes on Hot Springs Drive
I read 38 books in 2023 which is pretty normal, but I only reviewed 14 of them. What can I say, it was a strange year. A good percentage of the 38 books were re-reads (comfort reads) and some were new-to-me books in series that I stopped reading years ago. Here's more on that - … Continue reading The best books I read in 2023
In a world where you want to read more but can't find the time, remember the mighty novella. These slim stories can be just as profound, moving, and satisfying as regular-sized novels. Foster, by Claire Keegan, weighs in at less than 100 pages but it has subtle depth and power. Definitely worth your time and … Continue reading Foster by Claire Keegan
When you find an author you like do you keep tabs on them? There are some authors I can count on to publish a new novel every year or so and then there are those that I keep an eye on, googling occasionally in case they've written something new. I'll periodically go back to my … Continue reading Favorites, Old and New
Have you ever flipped the script on your life? Instead of behaving as usual you suddenly veer off, uncaring, allowing life to happen instead of trying to manage it? Nora does it in the laugh-out-loud funny Nora Goes Off Script, which is like a burst of sunshine on a cloudy day and exactly what I … Continue reading Nora Goes Off Script
I was listening to NPR's 1A when I heard part of an interview with A Place Called Home author David Ambroz. The show that day was about adults who grew up in the foster system and as Ambroz told his story I stopped what I was doing to listen. He said that once when he … Continue reading A Place Called Home: A Memoir
All the books I read this year. Joy Enough: A Memoir by Sarah McColl https://bookthrasher.com/2023/01/21/joy-enough-a-memoir/ The Princess Trap by Talia Hibbert - A spicy hot romance. A Place Called Home by David Ambroz Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan Act Your Age, Eve Brown by Talia Hibbert Novel Interiors by Lisa Borgnes Giramonti Very Good … Continue reading 2023 book roundup
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