Wednesday, June 30, 2021

The Abstainer by Ian McGuire

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  The year is 1867 and the place is Manchester, England.  Tensions are high as three men from the Fenian organization of rebels are being hu...
Saturday, June 26, 2021

The Impudent Ones by Marguerite Duras

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  This is the story of the Taneran family, a French family from the upper class who have fallen on hard times.  In addition to their residen...
Thursday, June 24, 2021

The Sleepwalker by Chris Bohjalian

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  Lianna Ahlberg is twenty-one and in college, her little sister Paige twelve when their mother disappeared.  Annalee Ahlberg is an accompli...
Wednesday, June 23, 2021

A Caller's Game by J.D. Barker

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  Jordan Briggs is at the top of her game.  She has a call in talk radio show on SiriusFM and is a female shock jock, quick with a quip.  He...
Tuesday, June 22, 2021

The Kingdom by Jo Nesbo

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  The Opgard brothers grow up in rural Norway on the family farm their father calls The Kingdom.  Roy is the older brother, Carl the younges...
Sunday, June 20, 2021

Stung by William Deverell

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  Multinational corporation Chemican has released a new pesticide.  The issue is that it tends to kill the honeybees that are necessary to p...
Saturday, June 19, 2021

Cruel Intent by J.A. Jance

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  Ali Reynolds is in the middle of an extensive home renovation.  She has just bought an old mansion in Sedona, Arizona and since she is a f...
Thursday, June 17, 2021

Wizards edited by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois

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  In this 2007 anthology, many of the biggest names in fantasy have come together with stories of magic and wizards.  All stories are origin...
Tuesday, June 15, 2021

Gold Diggers by Sanjena Sathian

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  Neil Narayan is a typical Indian teenager, caught up in his parents' expectations of high achievements and future successes.  His olde...
Monday, June 14, 2021

Aviary by Deidre McNamer

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  Things aren't going well at the Pleasant Run facility.  A building of lower rent apartments for seniors, it is showing signs of age an...
Friday, June 11, 2021

Arcadia by Lauren Groff

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  The 1970's were the Decade of Love.  All over the world, young people flocked to rallies and communes, sure that they were creating a ...
Thursday, June 10, 2021

Show No Fear by Perri O'Shaughnessy

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  Nina Reilly is barely holding her head above water.  She is a single mother and trying desperately to improve life for her son Bob and her...
Tuesday, June 8, 2021

Booksie's Shelves, June 8, 2021

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  Summer has arrived in North Carolina.  It has been hot and steamy and all the trees have bloomed.  We have been cautiously getting back to...
Monday, June 7, 2021

The Bookish Life Of Nina Hill by Abbi Waxman

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  Nina Hill has a life that suits her just fine.  She has a job in a bookstore and since reading is her favorite activity, she loves it.  Sh...
Sunday, June 6, 2021

Irreparable Harm by Melissa Miller

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  The news is dire. A plane has plowed into a mountainside, killing all aboard. What could cause such a tragedy? Mechanical failure? Pil...
Saturday, June 5, 2021

I Hear The Sirens In The Street by Adrian McKinty

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  The time is 1982 and the place is Belfast, Ireland in the midst of 'The Troubles'.  Detective Inspector Sean Duffy is an usual det...
Friday, June 4, 2021

Winter's Heart by Robert Jordan

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  This is novel nine in Robert Jordan's epic fantasy The Wheel Of Time .  In this story, Elayne has returned home and is working to cons...
Wednesday, June 2, 2021

Paper Chains by Nicola Moriarty

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  In London, two women meet and become friends.  They couldn't be more different.  Hannah is an Australian who has been in London for th...
Monday, May 31, 2021

The Drowning Kind by Jennifer McMahon

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  Jax gets the call she has dreaded for years.  Her sister, Lexie, is dead.  Jax is a social worker but Lex, who growing up was the golden g...
Sunday, May 30, 2021

Lost On Planet China by J. Maarten Troost

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  After living on remote, lowly populated South Pacific islands for several years, J. Maarten Troost decided it was time for a change.  He d...