Category: Book Review Friday
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BOOK REVIEW FRIDAY – CHASING DOWN THE NIGHT
Chasing Down the Night – Crater Lake Series, Book 3 by Francis Guenette I’m not usually a reader of novels in a series. That changed when I fell in love with Francis Guenette’s Crater Lake setting and characters. Beginning with the first book in the series, Disappearing in Plain Sight, I settled in with Izzy and Liam,…
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BOOK REVIEW FRIDAY – I, JOHN CULPEPPER BY LORI CRANE
I sure hope author Lori Crane (click here for Author Wednesday interview) plans to release the next book in her new historical fiction series on the Culpepper family very soon. When I finished the first book, I, John Culpepper, I felt like I’d lost a good friend. I need to find out what happens in this…
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BOOK REVIEW FRIDAY – CROSSING TO SAFETY BY WALLACE STEGNER
“In fiction, I think we should have no agenda but to tell the truth.” – Wallace Stegner Thank you to my friend and colleague Christina Carson for pointing me to the literary genius of Wallace Stegner, both author and environmentalist. He’s known for his dedication in writing about the preservation of the West of the United…
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BOOK REVIEW FRIDAY – GOING AGAINST TYPE
Going Against Type by Sharon Black (click here for Author Wednesday guest post) went toward my type of delightful light-hearted contemporary romance set in Dublin, Ireland. The genre hearkens back to the 1950s with mismatched lovers such as Katherine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy, albeit with Irish eyes and tastes. Charlotte “Charlie” Regan yearns to find her place…
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Book Review Friday – The Healer by Christoph Fischer
The Healer by Christoph Fischer contains an expansive grab bag of issues found within the confines of the medical community. It attacks pharmaceutical companies, cancer, chemotherapy, traditional Western medicine, and New Age healing techniques. At the center of all the swirling concepts and philosophies stands Erica, who I immediately disliked. However, as her situation is slowly…
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Book Review Friday – Hope To See You Soon
Spanning two worlds, languages, and cultures, Revital Shiri-Horowitz’s Hope To See You Soon, examines in painful detail the friendship of two women over a twenty-five year span. The author skips back and forth between Tel Aviv and Seattle and between the decades when they first become friends in the 1980s, in their early adulthood in the…
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Book Review Friday – Type and Cross by Staci Troilo
Staci Troilo’s new novel, Type and Cross, starts with a tragedy beyond comprehension. At first, the family impacted the most appears detached from the emotional aspects of losing one of their one. However, that facade is soon fractured into a million pieces as the family learns they’ve never been put together with much more than scotch tape.…
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Book Review Friday – Apart from Love by Uvi Poznansky
I’m behind on writing reviews, but I hope the lapse will be forgiven with my review of an astounding book from Uvi Poznansky and her work of literary fiction, Apart from Love. Ms. Poznansky is a multi-talented author and artist, and with this novel, she creates a multi-faceted and multi-layered work of art. The story is told…
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Book Review Friday – #Wild by Cheryl Strayed
I’m weird about the books I read. If something has become popular, a fad, an explosion, I’m reluctant to read or purchase. I don’t know what it is. I’ve never wanted to follow popular trends because I want to be the trend that is being followed. That’s a big confession for me to make. But…
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