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ARC Book Review: The Light After the War

Title: The Light After the WarAuthor: Anita AbrielGenre: Historical Fiction, RomancePublished On: February 4, 2020Publisher: Atria BooksSource: EbookPages: 320 Synopsis: Inspired by an incredible true story of two Jewish friends who survived the Holocaust, this sweeping novel of love and friendship spans World War II from Budapest to Austria and the postwar years from Naples …

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ARC Book Review: Things in Jars by Jess Kidd

Title: Things in JarsAuthor: Jess KiddGenre: Historical Fiction, Mystery, FantasyPublished On: February 4, 2020Publisher: Atria BooksSource: EbookPages: 384 Synopsis: In the dark underbelly of Victorian London, a formidable female sleuth is pulled into the macabre world of fanatical anatomists and crooked surgeons while investigating the kidnapping of an extraordinary child in this gothic mystery—perfect for …

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ARC Book Review: Big Lies in a Small Town by Diane Chamberlain

Title: Big Lies in a Small TownAuthor: Diane ChamberlainGenre: Historical FictionPublished On: January 14, 2020Publisher: St. Martin’s PressPages: 400 Synopsis: North Carolina, 2018: Morgan Christopher’s life has been derailed. Taking the fall for a crime she did not commit, she finds herself serving a three-year stint in the North Carolina Women’s Correctional Center. Her dream …

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Book Review: A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer

Title: A Curse So Dark and Lonely (Cursebreakers #1)Author: Brigid KemmererGenre: Young Adult, FantasyPublished On: January 29, 2019Publisher: Bloomsbury YAPages: 484 Synopsis: Fall in love, break the curse. Cursed by a powerful enchantress to repeat the autumn of his eighteenth year, Prince Rhen, the heir of Emberfall, thought he could be saved easily if a …

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Book Review: The Winter Series by Elin Hilderbrand

Title: Winter Street, Winter Stroll, Winter Storms, Winter SolsticeAuthor: Elin HilderbrandGenre: Holiday, Women’s FictionPublished On: Oct. 14, 2014; Oct. 13, 2015; Oct. 4, 2016; Oct. 3, 2017Publisher: Little, Brown and CompanyPages: 249, 263, 246, 262 Winter Street Synopsis* Kelley Quinn is the owner of Nantucket’s Winter Street Inn and the proud father of four, all …

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Book Review: Call Down the Hawk by Maggie Stiefvater

Title: Call Down the HawkAuthor: Maggie StiefvaterGenre: Young Adult, FantasyPublished On: November 5, 2019Publisher: Scholastic PressPages: 472 Synopsis: The dreamers walk among us . . . and so do the dreamed. Those who dream cannot stop dreaming – they can only try to control it. Those who are dreamed cannot have their own lives – …

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ARC Review: The German House by Annette Hess

Title: The German HouseAuthor: Annette HessGenre: Historical FictionPublished On: December 3, 2019Publisher: HarperViaPages: 336 Synopsis: Set against the Frankfurt Auschwitz Trials of 1963, Annette Hess’s international bestseller is a harrowing yet ultimately uplifting coming-of-age story about a young female translator—caught between societal and familial expectations and her unique ability to speak truth to power—as she …

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ARC Review: One Week ‘Til Christmas by Belinda Missen

Title: One Week ‘Til Christmas Author: Belinda MissenGenre: Holiday, Romance, Women’s FictionPublished On: November 1, 2019Publisher: HQ DigitalPages: 179 Synopsis: Two people. One chance meeting. Seven days to Christmas. Isobel Bennett is waiting for the number 11 bus when a man quite literally falls into her lap. Snow is falling, Christmas lights are twinkling, and …

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ARC Review: The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell

Title: The Family Upstairs Author: Lisa JewellGenre: Adult, Mystery, ThrillerPublished On: November 5, 2019Publisher: Atria BooksPages: 352 Synopsis: Be careful who you let in.  Soon after her twenty-fifth birthday, Libby Jones returns home from work to find the letter she’s been waiting for her entire life. She rips it open with one driving thought: I …

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Highlight Review: The Most Fun We Ever Had by Claire Lombardo

Title: The Most Fun We Ever HadAuthor: Claire LombardoGenre: Literary FictionPublished On: June 25, 2019Publisher: Doubleday BooksPages: 532 Synopsis: When Marilyn Connolly and David Sorenson fall in love in the 1970s, they are blithely ignorant of all that’s to come. By 2016, their four radically different daughters are each in a state of unrest: Wendy, …

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