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Acclaimed novelist Quan Barry delivers a tour de female force in this delightful novel. Set in the coastal town of Danvers, Massachusetts, where the accusations began that led to the 1692 witch trials, We Ride Upon Sticks follows the 1989 Danvers High School Falcons field hockey team, who will do ... more >
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Sugar and Snails by Sarah Tsiang and Sonja Wimmer My Review A novel twist to a classic rhyme. Who says that little girls are made of “sugar and spice and everything nice?” Or that boys are made of “frogs and snails and puppy dog tails?” What if girls were made ... more >
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Two couples tread on thin ice at the Pyeongchang Winter Games in this captivating duology—but love has Olympic-sized impact on their dreams. Fighting Their Attraction: Snowboarder Brady Thompson landed in Seoul favored to win elusive gold. But instead of fresh powder, he finds that a past he can’t escape is ... more >
B Reviews / Book Reviews1930s / Athletes / College basketball / college sports / Historical / non-fiction / OklahomaComments Off on REVIEW: Dust Bowl Girls by Lydia Reeder
At the height of the Great Depression, Sam Babb, the charismatic basketball coach of tiny Oklahoma Presbyterian College, began dreaming. Like so many others, he wanted a reason to have hope. Traveling from farm to farm, he recruited talented, hardworking young women and offered them a chance at a better ... more >
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Dear Ms. Denault: I read this on the way to the Romantic Times convention. I’m in a hockey mood given the playoffs and it was the perfect book to read at the time. This is a hard book for me to grade because I thought there was one component of the ... more >
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Professional Bull Riders and Harlequin Announce Partnership – Harlequin has announced a major partnership with the Professional Bull Riders (PBR), starting with four books, which will include coupons for PBR events and future Harlequin titles. This partnership seems similar to the NASCAR deal Harlequin struck a number of years ago, giving ... more >