Month: September 2020

Book Review

GHOSTS OF HARVARD by Francesca Serritella

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Rating: 4.5 / 5 The #SaturdayBookstaClub buddy read that I help to host on Bookstagram decided to head back to school for September, so for the second half of the month we headed to university in GHOSTS OF HARVARD by Francesca Serritella. This isn't one I knew a lot about before it was selected, so… Continue reading GHOSTS OF HARVARD by Francesca Serritella

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LITTLE DEADLY SECRETS by Pamela Crane

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I received a complimentary copy of LITTLE DEADLY SECRETS by Pamela Crane from William Morrow Books. Rating: 4 / 5 LITTLE DEADLY SECRETS follows three friends, Mackenzie, Robin and Lily, the best of friends for years and intricately involved in each other's lives. The book opens with a murder as a wife stands over the… Continue reading LITTLE DEADLY SECRETS by Pamela Crane

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THE FORGOTTEN GIRL by David Bell

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Rating: 3 / 5 After reading and enjoying SOMEBODY'S DAUGHTER by David Bell, I picked up a few more of his books. I picked up THE FORGOTTEN GIRL as part of the prompt to read a pair of books with title in direct opposition. In this case I picked two books based on knowing and… Continue reading THE FORGOTTEN GIRL by David Bell

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NORTH AND SOUTH by Elizabeth Gaskell

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Rating: 4 / 5 NORTH AND SOUTH by Elizabeth Gaskell was the September pick for the #classicsbuddyread on Bookstagram. Elizabeth Gaskell was not a known author to me prior to this book being selected for the buddy read, so I went into it pretty blind. I knew this one tended to be a hit with… Continue reading NORTH AND SOUTH by Elizabeth Gaskell

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THE BOY IN THE FIELD by Margo Livesey

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I received a complimentary copy of THE BOY IN THE FIELD by Margot Livesey from Harper Books for an honest review. THE BOY IN THE FIELD begins in 1999 with three siblings, Matthew, Zoe and Duncan Lang, on their way home. While walking through the titular field they come upon a bloody boy laying unconscious,… Continue reading THE BOY IN THE FIELD by Margo Livesey

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DRIVE YOUR PLOW OVER THE BONES OF THE DEAD by Olga Tokarczuk (translated by Antonia Lloyd-Jones)

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Rating: 4.5 / 5 When I pulled the reading prompt to pick a book set in a rural area, a friend suggested DRIVE YOUR PLOW OVER THE BONES OF THE DEAD by Olga Tokarczuk (translated by Antonia Lloyd-Jones). I didn't know much about this one past the fact that it had won a Nobel Prize… Continue reading DRIVE YOUR PLOW OVER THE BONES OF THE DEAD by Olga Tokarczuk (translated by Antonia Lloyd-Jones)

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PENANCE by Kanae Minato

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Rating: 4 / 5 I read and loved CONFESSIONS by Kanae Minato on audio last month, so I picked up the author's PENANCE (translated by Philip Gabriel) on audio for Women in Translation Month in August. CONFESSIONS was dark and twisty, so I was hopeful to get more of the same with this one. PENANCE… Continue reading PENANCE by Kanae Minato