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October 16, 2014On September 8, 2011, Anna Whiston-Donaldson’s two kids went out to play in the rain with friends. Her twelve-year-old son, Jack, fell into a flooded, fast-moving creek and did not survive. Rare Bird: A Memoir of Loss and Love is … Continue reading
Book Review: Whatever Life Throws at You by Julie Cross
October 8, 2014I loved Julie Cross’s Tempest trilogy, a time-travel story with heart. Her follow-up, the standalone Whatever Life Throws at You, is contemporary and non-supernatural but boasts the same type of likable characters – rough and tough on the outside, marshmallows … Continue reading
September 2014 Book List
October 1, 2014I Love the 80s by Megan Crane (4 stars) Since Jenna’s fiance dumped her, she’s coped by indulging her obsession with the 80s – not hard to do, since she works at an all-80s music channel. Her greatest passion is … Continue reading
August 2014 Book List
September 2, 2014Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (4.5 stars) Ifemelu leaves her native Nigeria for America after education strikes prevent her from completing college. She expects her sweetheart, Obinze, to join her within a couple of years. But life doesn’t turn out … Continue reading
July 2014 Book List
July 31, 2014Quote from Fangirl by Pandanemar Vortex and Timestorm by Julie Cross (4.5 stars) The second and third books in the Tempest trilogy begin with Jackson’s training as an agent of Tempest, the time-travel division of the CIA. Having erased his … Continue reading
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