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Welcome to Booksie's Blog! I write reviews of what I've read, some of which were books sent by publishers or authors. If you would like for me to read and review your book, please contact me. I'd love to have the chance to review for you although I don't usually read to deadlines. My email address is skirkland@triad.rr.com I can't accept everything but I do read and review everything I accept. I average about 10-12 reviews a month. I tend to favor physical books over ebooks for review.

Thursday, November 5, 2026

What Kind Of Paradise by Janelle Brown

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  Jane lives in a log cabin in the wilds of Montana with her father, who is a survivalist.  She doesn't go to school but reads the books...
Tuesday, November 3, 2026

Decomposition Book by Sarah Van Os

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  Savannah's life fell apart after a betrayal by her best friend.  Worse than losing her, the friend made herself the victim and Savanna...
Monday, November 2, 2026

Ten Minutes, 38 Seconds In This Strange World by Elif Shafek

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  Tequila Leila is dead, murdered in her job as a prostitute in Istanbul.  But her brain doesn't die when her body does.  It stays alive...
Sunday, November 1, 2026

The Winter Folk by Jen Julian

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  She grew up in a small mountain town, told stories about the creatures that abounded in the woods around them by her mother.  But she is n...
Saturday, October 31, 2026

Other Birds by Sarah Addison Allen

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  Off the coast of South Carolina, a small tourist island exists.  It's called Mallow Island and was the home to the marshmallow industr...
Friday, October 30, 2026

What The Night Brings by Mark Billingham

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  It's one of the worst murders DI Tom Thorne has seen.  Police respond to a call where there has been a death.  As Thorne leaves the sc...
Thursday, October 29, 2026

Sipsworth by Simon Van Booy

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  Helen Cartwright has moved back to her small home village after living her life overseas.  She has lost both her husband and her son and s...
Wednesday, October 28, 2026

How Late It Was, How Late by James Kelman

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  Sammy is recently out of jail but he surely doesn't want to work.  He gets by living with his girlfriend in her apartment, doing whate...
Sunday, October 25, 2026

Stay Buried by Jennifer McMahon

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  Boone's Ferry, Vermont, is a small mountain town.  Those who lived there had ancestors who'd been there for decades and outsiders ...
Saturday, October 24, 2026

The Restaurant Of Lost Recipes by Hisashi Kashiwai

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  If you know exactly where to go on the backstreets of Kyoto, you'll find the Kamogawa Diner.  The diner is run by Chef Nagare and his ...
Friday, October 23, 2026

The Oxford Detective Society by Faith Martin

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  Lyssa Moore is a biographer, specializing in people whose families want their lives told.  She lives in Oxford in a nice apartment where s...
Thursday, October 22, 2026

North Sun by Ethan Rutherford

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  In the late 1800's, whaling was an industry that employed hundreds of men.  In New Bedford, no family is more prominent than the Ashle...
Tuesday, October 20, 2026

Helen Of Nowhere by Makenna Goodman

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  This novel is laid out in six acts.  The action begins when a man goes to visit a house on the market.  He is a professor and has been rel...
Sunday, October 18, 2026

Between Two Kingdoms by Suleika Jaouad

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  Suleika Jaouad was living her dreams.  She had recently graduated university and landed a job in Paris.  Everything would be great except ...
Saturday, October 17, 2026

The Doloriad by Missouri Williams

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  This dystopian novel is not for the weak-hearted.  It contains scenes that could trigger survivors of violence and sexual abuse.   After t...
Friday, October 16, 2026

The Knave And The Moon by Rachel Gillig

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  Things are very different now in the Stone Kingdom.  The Cathedral which supplied the power to the kingdom and the king through divination...
Wednesday, October 14, 2026

May We Feed The King by Rebecca Perry

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  A female curator spends her days recreating the past by staging scenarios in museums and exhibits.  She sources and arranges artifacts suc...
Tuesday, October 13, 2026

The Tax Inspector by Peter Carey

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  The Catchprices run a car dealership in Australia.  It was started by Albert and Granny Catchprice.  They had three children.  Mort still ...
Monday, October 12, 2026

The Red Tent by Anita Diamant

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  This novel retells the Biblical story of Jacob who was born to Isaac.  Jacob had a twin brother, Esau, whose birthright he stole.  Fearing...
Sunday, October 11, 2026

The People We Keep by Allison Larkin

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  April Sawicki is definitely not living the good life.  Her mother left years ago and now her father has moved in with his girlfriend who d...
Saturday, October 10, 2026

The Other Half by Charlotte Vassell

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  This debut mystery investigates the upper class of England along with deaths.  I actually came across the second in the series and read an...
Wednesday, October 7, 2026

The Midnight Show by Lee Kelly & Jennifer Thorne

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  After seeing a college group do improv comedy, a television producer in the 1980's decides that this might be the idea he is looking f...
Tuesday, October 6, 2026

Nomad Century by Gaia Vince

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  The main tenet of this book is that climate change will necessitate the migration of up to three billion people in the coming decades.  Th...
Monday, October 5, 2026

The Other Woman's House by Sophie Hannah

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 Charlie Zailer and Simon Waterhouse have finally gotten married, something Charlie thought would never happen.  They are on their honeymoon...
Sunday, October 4, 2026

The Mad Wife by Megan Church

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  Lulu Mayfield counts herself lucky.  She has her son, a husband she loves and who works to support them and friends in her neighborhood.  ...
Saturday, October 3, 2026

The Decagon House Murders by Yukito Ayatsuji

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  A group of Japanese university students have created a mystery club, where they meet to discuss mystery books and authors.  They call each...
Friday, October 2, 2026

The Night Of Many Endings by Melissa Payne

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  When a blizzard sweeps through Silver Ridge, Colorado, a group of people are trapped there.  Nora Martinez is the librarian, a young woman...
Thursday, October 1, 2026

The Investigator by John Sandford

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  Letty Davenport, adopted daughter of Lucas Davenport is bored with her job.  She has been working in research for a Senator with her maste...
Wednesday, September 30, 2026

Exit by Belinda Bauer

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  The advice for retired folks is to develop a hobby.  Felix's is to be an Exiteer.  The Exiteer is there to assist terminally ill patie...
Tuesday, September 29, 2026

It Is Wood, It Is Stone by Gabriella Burnham

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  Linda and Dennis have moved to San Paulo, Brazil, so that Dennis can take a year long professorship and advance his career.  The universit...
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I'm the former CIO of a large community college, and an avid reader. I've reviewed here and for Curled Up With A Good Book, Amazon's Vine Reviews program and on Netgalley and Edelweiss. I also work with several publishers. The majority of books reviewed on this page were sent to me free of charge.
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