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The author reports that she based her book on a true story: in 2010, a fully-furnished apartment in Paris was opened after having been shuttered for over seventy years. It was full of exquisite art and artifacts from the Belle … Continue reading →

I feared picking up this book, because ever since reading Forman’s If I Stay and Where She Went (both of which I loved), I have been disenchanted with her books. This one, though, thankfully did not disappoint me. In Leave … Continue reading →

So often, reading books to babies can be, well, pretty boring. The “BabyLit” series, on the other hand, offers something to the adults who are doing the reading, to help keep them entertained as well. Emma, a story purportedly by … Continue reading →

This moving, lyrical novel tells the story of August, who moved to Brooklyn from Tennessee in 1973 at age 8 with her 4-year-old brother and their father. Woodson employs dream-like free verse to conjure up an era punctuated by conflicts … Continue reading →

The Kept Woman is the 8th book in the Will Trent series by the never-disappointing Karin Slaughter. [True bit of personal information: one of my sisters is a non-reader – of ANYthing – EXCEPT Karin Slaughter. It helps that my … Continue reading →