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Review: Foxy: My Life in Three Acts by Pam Grier

I was born a poor, black child . . . No, actually I wasn’t but for some reason I was reminded of that line from The Jerk as I was writing the following introduction to this review of Foxy: My … Continue reading

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Review: Twenties Girl by Sophie Kinsella

Lara Lington has always had an overactive imagination, but suddenly that imagination seems to be in overdrive. Normal professional twenty-something young women don’t get visited by ghosts. Or do they? When the spirit of Lara’s great-aunt Sadie–a feisty, demanding girl … Continue reading

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Review: With Extreme Pleasure by Alison Kent

I picked up With Extreme Pleasure for my Kindle a year ago when it was free but didn’t get around to reading it until in the fall. When I sat down to review it, I was surprised at how much … Continue reading

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Review: Scoop by Evelyn Waugh

I know next to nothing about British history, but I have to wonder whether being an island people has made them…well…in-bred, at least among the nobility.  That’s certainly an impression one gets from reading any number of fictional representations of … Continue reading

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Mood Music: Origin by Diana Abu-Jaber – Audiobook Review

At first glance, I thought Origin would be a run of the mill police procedural thriller.  I’m happy with those, and I was excited by the prospect of a female protagonist.  When I got into it, there were a couple … Continue reading

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Fated by Lauren Dane

When I read a new author, unless I truly dislike the writing, I try to read at least a couple more books by the author to get a better feel for whether I enjoy him or her.  This personal policy … Continue reading

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Book Club Review: The Wild Girl by Jim Fergus

This month, our book club read The Wild Girl by Jim Fergus. Here’s what we thought. When Ned Giles is orphaned as a teenager, he heads West hoping to leave his troubles behind. He joins the 1932 Great Apache Expedition … Continue reading

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