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How about some presents for your bookshelf to celebrate World Book Day?
Much More Than a Magic Trick: A Book Review of Spellbreaker by Charlie N. Holmberg
Elsie Camden had every intention of leading her steady and secret life until she got caught, mid spellbreaking.
Don’t Skip Out: A Book Review of The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
The Midnight Library is a dose of hearing the bad news first, before the good. Cat hair, stale coffee, and relationship boredom included.
The Cracks in our Home: A Book Review of The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
A young brother and sister move into an architectural wonder, which was sold to their father as a family home. The day they arrive, their story of heartache begins.
Stolen Voice: A Book Review of The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
My mind is still wondering: Would I keep silent? Would you?
One More Shot Fired: A Book Review of Bloomland by John Englehardt
“I keep thinking it’s absurd to argue about what the shooting means, because maybe there is no meaning. Telling Eli we forgive him? That’s like pardoning a storm.”
Riffs and Rifts: A Book Review of Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Astonishing music and stellar stage performance grows in the rocky, weedy soil of turmoil, strife, and pain.
The Wars Within: A Book Review of A Thousand Fires by Shannon Price
“My heartaches outnumber the stars.”
Arise, Queens! A Book Review of The Shadow King by Maaza Mengiste
“The women that rose up were not replacing a queen, they were replacing the king, who left. They were the shadow kings.”
Legendary? A Book Review of When We Were Vikings by Andrew David MacDonald
“Sometimes the world thinks something is not possible, but it turns out that they can be wrong. Even fancy scientists can be wrong.” ~Andrew David MacDonald
Burn Me Once: A Book Review of Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson
Lillian lets the children burn and in their catharsis she becomes open to burning away her own pain.
Sticky Blood Relations: A Book Review of The Old Drift
More than just family history, The Old Drift is a complex narrative of blood relations.
Bombs or Books? A Book Review of The Secrets We Kept by Lara Prescott
“The revolutionary act is to imagine what makes us similar.”
Time to Make Place : A Review of The Yellow House by Sarah M. Broom
“And what, I wonder, would owning a house mean for me?”
Cheers and Tears: A Book Review of When All Is Said by Anne Griffin
Maurice Hannigan stalls until the very last night of his life to experience and reflect on all the feels from his eighty-four years.
A Tapestry of True Community for the Modern Reader: A Book Review of There, There by Tommy Orange
Each character arrives at the Big Oakland Pow Wow a different person with unique experiences yet Tommy Orange reveals through their background story one element they all share, a hope for connection to their community.
A Happy Ending to Global Cooling: A Book Review of Early Riser by Jasper Fforde
Good stories work well to disarm us.