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Book Review : The Thinking Woman’s Guide to Real Magic by Emily Croy Barker

[amazon_link id=”0670023663″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : The Thinking woman’s Guide to Real Magic Author : Emily Croy Barker Genre : Fantasy Publisher : Pamela Dorman Books Publish Date : August 1st 2013 Pages : 563 Source : Publisher Rating : 3/5 Nora Fischer is working on her dissertation for graduate school. Life isn’t going […]

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Book Review : Looking for Me by Beth Hoffman

[amazon_link id=”0670025836″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : Looking for Me Author : Beth Hoffman Genre : Chick-lit, Women’s Fiction Publisher : Pamela Dorman Books Pages : 354 Source : Publisher Rating : 3/5 Country girl Teddi Overman has a penchant for antiques. When her mother wants her to take up a “dependable” profession instead, Teddi […]

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Book Review : The Girl You Left Behind by Jojo Moyes

[amazon_link id=”0670026611″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : The Girl You Left Behind Author : Jojo Moyes Genre : Romance Publisher : Pamela Dorman Books Pages : 369 Source : Publisher Rating : 3.5/5 The first half of the novel is Sophie’s story. Sophie is the wife of painter Edouard Lefevre, who has left to fight […]

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Book Review : Me Before You by Jojo Moyes

[amazon_link id=”0143124544″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : Me Before You Author : Jojo Moyes Genre : Contemporary Publisher : Pamela Dorman Books (Penguin) Pages : 369 Source : Publisher Rating : 4.2/5 Louisa Clark lives in a small English village and works at a local café. When she loses her job she must find another […]

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Book Review : The House at the End of Hope Street by Menna van Praag

[amazon_link id=”067078463X” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : The House at the End of Hope Street Author : Menna van Praag Genre : Women’s Fiction Publisher : Pamela Dorman Books (Viking) Pages : 304 Source : Netgalley/Publisher Arc Rating  2.5/5 Unhappy Alba Ashby is drawn toward a house on the street. At the doorstep, she is […]

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New Books : Age of Desire by Jennie Fields

[amazon_link id=”067002368X” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]I’m excited to be previewing “Age of Desire” by Jennie Fields. A review will follow shortly. Meanwhile here is a little about the book and a Q&A with the author. The Age of Desire transports the reader to Edith Wharton’s life in the Gilded Age: glamorous salons and literary banter in […]

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Book Review : Little Night by Luanne Rice

[amazon_link id=”0670023566″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : Little Night Author : Luanne Rice Genre : Women’s Fiction Publisher : Pamela Dorman Books (Viking) Pages : 321 Source : Publisher Rating : 3.5/5 Clare has been cut off from her once close sister Anne for more than 20 years. She has also served 2 years for […]

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Book Review : 22 Britannia Road

[amazon_link id=”B004IYIT0C” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : 22 Britannia Read Author : Amanda Hodgkinson Publisher : Pamela Dorman Books (Viking) Genre : Historical Pages : 321 (Hardcover) Rating : 4/5 Source : Publisher ARC Silvana and Janusz are a young newly married Polish couple. When Silvana becomes pregnant, they move to Warsaw, anticipating a happy […]

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Book Review : Instruments of Darkness

Title : Instruments of DarknessAuthor : Imogen RobertsonGenre : Historical MysteryPublisher : Pamela Dorman BooksPages : 384Rating : 4/5Source : Publisher ARC I started on Imogen Robertson’s “Instruments of Darkness” having had no prior introduction to her writing or work. The jacket flap promised a dark, intriguing mystery and I’m glad to report that this […]

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