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Cemetery Girl

I have not been a consumer of graphic novels. Even when my favorite Twilight was turned into a graphic novel, I didn’t even give it a second thought. When Charlaine Harris announced a graphic novel of a NEW storyline, I was tempted because I love the worlds and characters that Harris creates. Illustrated by Christopher […]

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The Light Between Oceans

The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman is an Australian period story focusing on the aftermath of WWI. A veteran of this war returns to Western Australia with a touch of PTSD. He becomes a lighthouse watchman and catches the eye of a girl from the nearest shore. After they marry, the wife has multiple

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Northanger Abbey

I have met my goal of reading all Jane Austen novels this year. (I silently make the sign of the cross.) Northanger Abbey is my last dive into the Regency era. It follows the standard formulas of attraction, miscommunication, class inequities, and misogyny. It threw in a bit of a puzzle into the mix with

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Midnight Crossroad

  I am such a fangirl of Charlaine Harris that I squeed when Midnight Crossroad showed up in my email for downloading. This book is intended to be the first of a series, the first new novel series since 2005. I read slowly so I could take in each new character. I knew that these

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The Husband’s Secret

The Husband’s Secret by Liane Moriarty was a book club pick. I didn’t want to read it because a co-worker told me what Secret was. I wasn’t planning on reading it, just showing up at the club meeting for the camaraderie and to pick next month’s book. I had gone through the motions of putting

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