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REVIEW: Sweetest in the Gale by Olivia Dade

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CW: Grief, substance abuse, cancer Dear Olivia Dade, Sweetest in the Gale is an anthology featuring three novellas set in your Marysburg series set in and around Marysburg High School in Virginia (although, in the case of the last novella, the link to the high school is somewhat tenuous). Two ... more >

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What Janine is Reading and Listening to: This and That

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Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen, narrated by Rosamund Pike I listened to this audiobook a long while ago so I’ve probably forgotten some things. A lot of you already know this, but Sense and Sensibility tells the story of Elinor and Marianne Dashwood, two teenaged sisters who navigate romantic ... more >

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What Janine is Reading in Winter 2020

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The Rook by Daniel O’Malley A couple of you mentioned enjoying this book in our December open thread. It had been languishing on Mount Kilimanjaro my TBR pile for years, and the love in the open thread prompted me to actually read it. Myfanwy (rhymes with Tiffany) Thomas comes to ... more >

REVIEW: The Dalai Lama’s Cat by David Michie

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“In the months that followed I watched His Holiness working on a new book . . . I began to think that perhaps the time had come for me to turn my paws to a book of my own . . . one that tells my own tale . . ... more >

REVIEW: Take It Away, Tommy! A Breaking Cat News Adventure by Georgia Dunn

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Tonight’s top story: the intrepid team of feline reporters is back on the beat and tackling stories like a runaway toy mouse in this third collection of Breaking Cat News comics for middle-grade readers. Once again Lupin, Elvis, and Puck—alongside boisterous field correspondents like Tommy—deliver hard-hitting reportage on all of ... more >

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REVIEW: Love Hard by Nalini Singh

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Dear Nalini Singh, Sometimes a book arrives at just the perfect time and that special alchemy that happens between story and reader happens; a combination of great book and the exact right reading mood. That’s what happened here. I admit enemies to lovers isn’t generally my favourite trope. But Jacob ... more >

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