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REVIEW AND GIVEAWAY: GODS OF GOTHAM by Lyndsay Faye

This is the first of occasional reviews that I’ll be posting here at Home Cooked Books.  I’ll only be reviewing books that I’m NOT narrating or directing for audio.  I’ve really enjoyed getting to know...

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REVIEW: A GROWN-UP KIND OF PRETTY by Joshilyn Jackson

I read this book for our April group read in the “Southern Lit Lovers ” Goodreads group.  I’d heard good things about it already, and had read Jackson’s earlier book, THE GIRL WHO STOPPED SWIMMING, and...

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Review: ACCIDENTS OF PROVIDENCE by Stacia M. Brown

I read this book at the suggestion of Jennifer from LiterateHousewife.com, who set up a readalong so she’d have people to talk about it with.  So glad I joined in.  I agree, it warrants discussion....

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THREE UNLIKELY VACATION READS: Reviews

this was before the three hour hike. I don’t know if you’re like me, but I need to have books to read on vacation.  For the plane (how do people not read on the plane?), for at-the-pool, for bed time,...

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Review: THE UNDERSIDE OF JOY by Sere Prince Halverson

From the publisher: To Ella Beene, happiness means living in the Northern California river town of Elbow with her husband, Joe, and his two young children. For three years, Ella has been the only...

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Review of THE ABSOLUTIST by John Boyne

From Other Press, New York: “The Absolutist is a novel that examines the events of the Great War from the perspective of two young privates, both struggling with the complexity of their emotions and...

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Review: WIFE 22 by Melanie Gideon

I received a lovely hardcover of this book courtesy of Random House, via a giveaway at Linus’ Blanket. “Congratulations!  We’re happy to inform you that you have been selected to participate in the...

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REVIEW: SAVING RUTH by Zoe Fishman

I won a copy of this book from Liz & Lisa at Chick Lit is not dead, courtesy of Harper Collins. From the Publisher: “Growing up in Alabama, all Ruth Wasserman wanted was to be a blond Baptist...

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REVIEW: DARE ME by Megan Abbott

From the Publisher, Reagan Arthur Books: “Beth and me wedged tight, jeaned legs pressed against each other. The sound of our own breathing. Before we all stopped believing a tornado, or anything, could...

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