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“Dava Shastri’s Last Day” Prompts Her, and Us, To Perform a Personal Perspective Overhaul

Fate is not an option. Instead, she takes charge of the when, where and how — though, as she soon learns, not everything can be so tightly scripted. In Dava Shastri’s Last Day (Grand Central), author Kirthana Ramisetti weaves a world in which the secrets of Dava’s past are free…

Karina Holosko, M.A. English LitNovember 30, 2021

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Jojo Moyes’ Newest Heroine Delivers Books and Hope in Hard Times

Jojo Moyes sets her latest novel, The Giver of Stars (Pamela Dorman Books), in rustic Kentucky during the Depression. At this time, Americans in remote areas had little or no access to books, and many were uneducated. In contrast, our reading habits today are fluid: we peruse library shelves and…

Susan Shapiro BarashOctober 8, 2019

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Time-Jumping, Take-Out and a Daughter in Danger

Who hasn’t dreamed of a time machine that could zap us into our past, or maybe our future? "Back to the Future" fans know about the risk

K.L. RomoDecember 17, 2018

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“The Only Woman in the Room:” Enter the Wild World of Actress Hedy Lamarr

An actress, inventor, and keeper of secrets, the beautiful Hedy Lamarr was among many Jews who fled Europe during the 1930s and came to Hollywood to start a new life. Born in Vienna in 1914, she studied acting with the innovative theater director, Max Reinhardt. But she made the mistake…

Claudia KeenanOctober 24, 2018

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Terry Watkins’ Darling Girl Disrupted

What if you lived in a trailer, always moving to the next town? What if your mom had to spend weeks away and your dad was never home? In Darling Girl (Green Place Books), a heart-moving tale, Terry H. Watkins chronicles 13 years in the precarious life of “DG” Pitre through…

K.L. RomoOctober 5, 2018

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Gail Honeyman’s ‘Eleanor Oliphant’ is an Unexpected Treasure

An unexpected treasure; this surprisingly touching story is about Eleanor Oliphant, an odd character with traits reminiscent of eccentric and lovable Don Tillman from The Rosie Project and maybe even oddball Ove from A Man Called Ove. In Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine, unknown tragic beginnings have shaped Eleanor’s life of monotony,…

Jennifer BlankfeinAugust 2, 2017

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October Choices: Secret Lives, and a Stirring Memoir

Members of the Girly Book Club are voting on the following four titles to determine the book selection for their October club meetings in 70 chapters around the world. My Lovely Wife in the Psych Ward (Harper Wave) by Mark Lukach (320 pages) A heart-wrenching yet hopeful memoir of a young…

BookTribAugust 5, 2018

Fiction

Write What You Love: A Look Into the Writing of Steve Berry

Steve Berry calls himself the poster boy for persistence. He refused to give up—although he thought about it a few times. But his persistence resulted in worldwide fame and an annual trip to The New York Times bestseller list. He has written stand-alone thrillers as well as his famous “Cotton…

Rick PullenSeptember 26, 2017

Fiction

Twisting Bodies and Crippling Insecurities

"You can't buy happiness." This old adage came to my mind again and again as I was reading Ann Lineberger's The Adjustments (Full Fathom Five Digital), a sharp satirical novel on the upper crust of Connecticut society, flourishing in so many ways, and yet incredibly vulnerable in others. It's in rare…

Rebecca ProulxFebruary 4, 2019

Fiction

Twain’s End Reveals Samuel Clemens’ Surprising Love Triangle

Who was the real Mark Twain? In the end, “Mark Twain” himself wasn’t a real person—he was a pseudonym (and a persona) invented by Samuel Clemens and he was perhaps the greatest popular culture superstar of his time. As a novelist, essayist and public speaker, Clemens occupied a spot at…

Michael RuscoeOctober 12, 2015

Fiction

Tall Poppies Review: Complex Recovery in “The Art of Falling”

Riddled with insecurities, struggling to adapt her body to the demands of the dance profession, and under the constant pressure of her loving but overbearing mother, Penelope wakes from this devastating trauma to face a heartbreaking new reality of brokenness. In The Art of Falling (Sourcebooks) Kathryn Craft has penned a…

Julie CantrellJuly 12, 2018

Fiction

Tall Poppy Review: Clinging to Painful Memories

Memories are at the core of what it means to be human. To have lived and loved. To have triumphed and failed. To have changed and still remained so much the same. Memories bind us to family, friends and places. Memories make us who we are. In The Favorite Daughter…

Susan Bishop CrispellJune 6, 2019

Fiction

Tall Poppy Review: Ghosts of the Past in “One More Day”

When someone dies, we may wish for more time with them. Just one more day. But what if that happened? What if they actually came back?This premise launches Kelly Simmons's graceful and otherworldly suspense novel, One More Day (Sourcebooks Landmark) Carrie and her husband are mired in grief after the mysterious kidnapping of…

Sandra BlockJuly 26, 2018

Fiction

Celebrating Lovely Imperfections in “Branching Out”

Emotional and satisfying, Kerstin March’s novel Branching Out is a skillfully written love story that will truly touch the heart of readers. This isn’t a story about a perfect marriage, and that’s what makes it so very lovely in its deeply moving journey of love between two people. This is…

BookTribJune 21, 2018

Fiction

Tall Poppies Review: Brandi Megan Granett’s “Triple Love Score”

Life is really a bunch of scrambled words—love, loss, joy, zest, quest (note to self: I possess the high-scoring j, z, and q tiles) and figuring out how they fit into our journey. In her page-turning love story Triple Love Score, Brandi Megan Granett introduces us to the smart and…

Lisa BarrNovember 13, 2017

Fiction

Scotland Yard Detective Duo Take on Murder in Crombie’s ‘Garden of Lamentations’

A new shipment from Texas transplant Deborah Crombie, brings another powerful thriller featuring the Scotland Yard detectives Duncan Kincaid and Gemma James. The most interesting aspect of Crombie’s novels, and this one (her 17th) does not fail to hit the high mark, lies in their characterizations. No two thriller writers…

Frederic ColierOctober 10, 2017

“Dava Shastri’s Last Day” Prompts Her, and Us, To Perform a Personal Perspective Overhaul

Jojo Moyes’ Newest Heroine Delivers Books and Hope in Hard Times

Time-Jumping, Take-Out and a Daughter in Danger

“The Only Woman in the Room:” Enter the Wild World of Actress Hedy Lamarr

Terry Watkins’ Darling Girl Disrupted

Gail Honeyman’s ‘Eleanor Oliphant’ is an Unexpected Treasure

October Choices: Secret Lives, and a Stirring Memoir

Write What You Love: A Look Into the Writing of Steve Berry

Twisting Bodies and Crippling Insecurities

Twain’s End Reveals Samuel Clemens’ Surprising Love Triangle

Tall Poppies Review: Complex Recovery in “The Art of Falling”

Tall Poppy Review: Clinging to Painful Memories

Tall Poppy Review: Ghosts of the Past in “One More Day”

Celebrating Lovely Imperfections in “Branching Out”

Tall Poppies Review: Brandi Megan Granett’s “Triple Love Score”

Scotland Yard Detective Duo Take on Murder in Crombie’s ‘Garden of Lamentations’

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