Category: Blog
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What I Read this Spring & Summer – and on into Fall
Hi. It’s been awhile. A long while. I intended to take a break from blogging for the summer, and then summer stretched into fall and I couldn’t quite pick it up again in September like I thought I would. I enjoyed my extra six weeks off, but finally started to feel a little bit of…
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Fiction in Review: Everyone Brave is Forgiven by Chris Cleave
I almost always love a historical novel set during World War II, and Everyone Brave is Forgiven by Chris Cleave was no exception. The novel focuses on a group of young people, in their early- to mid-twenties in London: Mary, an affluent eighteen-year-old who wants to do anything her parents won’t approve of; Tom, a school…
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Review: Only in Naples by Katherine Wilson
Only in Naples by Katherine Wilson is a witty memoir and a love letter to Italian food. After college graduation, Katherine is to “do a year abroad”. Not knowing what she wants to do, she lands an internship in Naples, Italy, working at the consulate. She thought she would find her life’s career in Italy,…