Reviews
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When The Push was released, I wanted to stand in a bookstore and hand it to everyone who came in and tell them they had to read it. It was a huge-selling book that needed no push to read. I feel the same about The Whispers, which releases on June 6, and I suspect it
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What is going on between the covers During the war, American Josie Anderson and Frenchwoman Arlette LaRue became known as The Golden Doves by working as spies who gathered information on Nazi communications to send to Allied forces in London. They were caught and sent to the Ravensbrück concentration camp. Seven years after the war
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Spring has finally arrived!! However, we have gone right into some hot summer weather. Yippee! But only for a short time. It will still be inviting weather to read outdoors. As always, I have a paper list of books, and I am going spring right into my list for summer reading to shake off that
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In Kia Abdullah’s latest, Those People Next Door, she gives something slightly different from her other books. She still has written a thought-provoking psychological thriller and courtroom drama with her trademark twist, but she adds more drama to the story while exploring class, race, aggression, community dynamics, and neighbors misbehaving, and the underbelly of a
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There is no better thrill than starting a book without wanting to put it down. One that captures your full attention, that you pause everything and are so excited you are turning the pages as fast as possible to see how it all turns out for your characters. That’s what an excellent cat-and-mouse game has
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What is going on between the covers After a fall that worried her family, Frances reluctantly agrees to move into Ridgewood Assisted Living Center. She is slow to make friends, and when she does, she is shocked to see someone she recognizes bring up a trauma that has devastated her family. Themes of aging, entitlement,
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