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The Sunday Salon: Sunday February 18th, 2024

Happy Sunday! Deb Nance at Readerbuzz hosts The Sunday Salon, and I’m joining in! Weekly Reads Round Up: Sunday February 11, 2024 – Saturday February 17, 2024 I post reviews on Instagram and Goodreads. What have you read this week? The Busy Body by Kemper Donovan (I read an ARC for an upcoming review in Continue reading
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Book Review: A True Account by Katherine Howe

Happy publication to Katherine Howe! Her book A True Account is available today and it is a page-turner! Thank you to Henry Holt & Company for the ARC. I so enjoyed reading this. From a young age, Hannah Maury was bound out to service a waterfront in Boston in the early 1700s. Now an early Continue reading
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Book Review: Northwood by Amy Pease

I was able to read a galley copy of Amy Pease’s debut novel Northwoods through Thoughts from a Page patreon group and Atria Books and I am so thankful. I read this 288 page mystery/thriller in just two sittings. It’s outstanding, and I highly recommend getting your pre-orders and library holds in now as this Continue reading
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Book Review: The Golden Gate by Amy Chua
Thank you so much to Netgalley and St. Martin’s Press and Minotaur Books for the advanced copy of The Golden Gate by Amy Chua. What an amazing debut novel (that is out today, 9/19)! This is an intricately woven historical mystery set in Berkeley, California, in 1944 that not only incorporates mystery, family drama, race Continue reading
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Book Review: The Peach Seed by Anita Gail JonesBook Review:
Wow. I received an ARC of The Peach Seed by Anita Gail Jones from @henryholtbooks and I am so thankful. This was an outstanding debut. My son had a friend over one afternoon and I got to spend three hours immersed in this sweeping, multigenerational novel about the Dukes family of Albany, Georgia. In the Continue reading
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Welcome! I started my career as a children’s librarian, later becoming a public library director and now I’m a stay at home mom. While my career might have changed, my love of reading has been a constant since I was in 4th grade, and I read over 200 books a year. I love talking about books and connecting readers of all ages with just the right book. Thanks for reading!
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