Category Archives: 5-star reads
Book review: ‘Wildflower Hill’ by Kimberley Freeman
Life is hard for Beattie Blaxland, a young Scottish woman struggling to help her family make ends meet in Glasgow. It’s 1929 and everyone is struggling to stay afloat, clutching tightly to their meager wages and stretching them as far … Continue reading
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Book review: ‘Domestic Violets’ by Matthew Norman
Tom Violet is having a rough go of it. His first novel — a pet project spanning years — has just been finished, leaving nothing to distract him from his soul-sucking job in Corporate America. His wife Anna is as … Continue reading
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Book review: ‘Other Words For Love’ by Lorraine Zago Rosenthal
Ariadne “Ari” Mitchell is used to playing second fiddle to her gorgeous, outgoing best friend, Summer, and her older sister Evelyn, whose teen pregnancy solidified their parents’ fears for their teenage daughters. Though she’s now married with a gorgeous husband and son, her distaste … Continue reading
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Book review: ‘Strings Attached’ by Judy Blundell
In 1950, 17-year-old Kit Corrigan arrives in New York City ready for her big break. She’s shed her life in Providence, Rhode Island, like a snake does its skin; she’s said goodbye to her well-meaning but jealous boyfriend, Billy, and … Continue reading
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Book review: ‘Anna and the French Kiss’ by Stephanie Perkins
Oh, this book. This book. I spent half of it pacing around; another half getting weepy and silly and emotional; another half clutching it to my chest and swooning like a 16-year-old. Wait — was that three “halves”? I’m losing … Continue reading
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