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The Mystery of Mercy Close by Marian Keyes: Book Review & Giveaway

Fiction
the mystery of mercy close

I was delighted to receive a copy of The Mystery of Mercy Close by bestselling and award-winning Irish author Marian Keyes. If you’re familiar with Marian Keyes, you know her work is an international phenomenon. Women everywhere can’t get enough of her novels, including the Walsh Sisters series. Each Walsh Sisters novel has featured a [...]

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Little Green by Walter Mosley: Book Review & Giveaway

Crime Story
little green

We’re participating in the Clear Your Shelf Giveaway Hop. Instead of pulling books from the bookshelf, we couldn’t resist featuring Walter Mosley’s newest Easy Rawlins novel, Little Green. I don’t know about you but I love the Easy Rawlins series and couldn’t wait to share the newest one with you. If you haven’t read this [...]

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A Nearly Perfect Copy by Allison Amend: Where Art and Life Collide

Cross Cultural
A Nearly Perfect Copy

When the news came out that scientists had successfully cloned a pet dog, I remember thinking it might be the same genetically but how could it be the same dog? Still, the whole subject fascinates me. That may explain why I was drawn to A Nearly Perfect Copy by award-winning author Allison Amend immediately. I [...]

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Black Feathers by Joseph D’Lacey: Book Review & Giveaway

Events
Black Feathers

Award-winning author Joseph D’Lacey is probably best known for his horror novels. With Black Feathers, Volume One of The Black Dawn duology, he brings us a post-apocalyptic novel that is a 21st century environmental cautionary tale, with roots strong in myth and folklore. Still, D’Lacey’s horror fans shouldn’t be dismayed since he has not forgotten [...]

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Quintessence by David Walton: Travel to the Edge of the World

Fantasy & Supernatural
Quintessence

In Quintessence, award-winning author David Walton blends science fiction and fantasy in a manner that would make Jules Verne proud. When I saw the book cover for Quintessence, it looked like just the kind of adventure I was in the mood for and, when I read the concept from Tor Publishing, I was sold. Are [...]

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The Burgess Boys by Elizabeth Strout: Book Review & Giveaway

Events
The Burgess Boys

Elizabeth Strout won the Pulitzer Prize for her amazing novel Olive Kitteridge and now she’s back, showing us that she plans to continue to be a literary force to be reckoned with. I actually almost didn’t request her new novel, The Burgess Boys, because I wondered how this one could possibly equal Olive Kitteridge. Well, [...]

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