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Book Review: A Hush At Midnight, by Marlene M. Bell

November 6, 2024
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About the Author, Marlene M. Bell Marlene M. Bell is an accomplished artist and photographer who takes pride in entertaining fans on multiple levels with her creativity. Marlene’s award-winning Annalisse series boasts Best Mystery honors for all installments including these: IP Best Regional Australia/New Zealand, Global Award Best Mystery, and Chanticleer’s International Mystery and Mayhem… Read More Book Review: A Hush At Midnight, by Marlene M. Bell

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Book Review Round-Up: March 2022

June 21, 2022
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Review of ‘The Last Mona Lisa’, by Jonathan Santlofer I don’t know much about art, but I do know that the Mona Lisa was stolen quite a number of times.  Author Jonathan Santlofer uses one of these episodes of thievery as a central plot point in this book.  In 1911, the Mona Lisa was not… Read More Book Review Round-Up: March 2022

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Book Review Round-Up: February 2022

June 21, 2022
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Review of ‘Do You Follow’, by J.C. Bidonde (Audiobook) I don’t think I’ll get the hang of audiobooks for quite some time, but I’m really happy to have finally started training myself to listen to a book.  I am definitely going to continue as well as improve my capacity to review audio books; I just… Read More Book Review Round-Up: February 2022

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Book Review Round-Up: January 2022

June 20, 2022
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Seeing how I am spending most of my reading time with books aimed at younger children, and that I didn’t want to add them to my reading challenge, I decided to lower my reading challenge for this year.  I also had in mind the reopening happening where I live, and my need, even as an… Read More Book Review Round-Up: January 2022

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Book Review Round-Up: December 2021

January 5, 2022
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And 2021 is a wrap!  I can’t believe I made my Goodreads Challenge.  I do have to admit that I added books that I read to my little one; I did read the entire Princess Posey series to her at least twice, as well as most of the Craftily Ever After series, the first six… Read More Book Review Round-Up: December 2021

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Book Review Round-Up: November 2021

December 2, 2021
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November was quite the reading month; I made it to nine books, including my first audio book!   A huge thank you to Ian and Jen, my bookstagram friends who recommended I try out audio books.  Definitely going to keep at it, I’ve been bitten by the audio book bug!  I have been trying to choose… Read More Book Review Round-Up: November 2021

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Book Review Round-Up: February and March 2021, Part 1 of 2

April 8, 2021
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Review of ‘Don’t Stand So Close To Me’, by Eric Walters I have to admit that I am still a little in shock it has been a year since this pandemic has been declared, and quite annoyed at the way we didn’t manage, as a whole, to come together and fight this thing as efficiently… Read More Book Review Round-Up: February and March 2021, Part 1 of 2

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Book Review: ‘A Child Lost’, by Michelle Cox

April 23, 2020
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About the Author, Michelle Cox: Michelle Cox is the author of the multiple award-winning Henrietta and Inspector Howard series as well as “Novel Notes of Local Lore,” a weekly blog dedicated to Chicago’s forgotten residents.  She suspects she may have once lived in the 1930s and, having yet to discover a handy time machine lying… Read More Book Review: ‘A Child Lost’, by Michelle Cox

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Book Review: ‘The Storyteller’s Secret’, by Sejal Badani

July 11, 2019
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About the Author: A former attorney, Sejal Badani left the law to pursue writing full time. She is a USA Today, Washington Post & Amazon Charts bestselling author, Goodreads Fiction Award Finalist and ABC/DISNEY Writing Fellowship Finalist. About the Book: From the bestselling author of Trail of Broken Wings comes an epic story of the… Read More Book Review: ‘The Storyteller’s Secret’, by Sejal Badani

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Book Review Round-Up: Five Books to Pass Winter With

February 7, 2019
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Making the time to read is a must in our home, and putting up book reviews regularly, a pleasure.  Having the team at Penguin Random House sending me books to review has been a great source of warmth (albeit not the kind that translates into short sleeve weather, unfortunately.) In the last few months, I… Read More Book Review Round-Up: Five Books to Pass Winter With