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Fiction Reviews

  • Delicious! + Gingerbread
    The time of year has come where I’m choosing to settle in with cozy books, and Ruth Reichl’s food-centric novel Delicious! fit ...
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  • Marilla of Green Gables + Raspberry Cordial
    Like many girls, I grew up with Anne Shirley. I adored her big imagination and found it amusing to watch her get ...
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  • Where the Crawdads Sing + Shrimp and Pimiento-Cheese Grits
    When Delia Owens’ Where the Crawdads Sing was selected for Reese Withersoon’s book club, it became an instant must-read. Equal parts coming-of-age ...
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  • The Adults + Christmas Morning Muffins
    Caroline Hulse’s debut novel The Adults is like a Christmas comedy (Four Christmases comes to mind) meets Big Little Lies. Though Claire ...
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  • The Alice Network + Goat Cheese and Prosciutto Crostini
    Whereas years past have seemed to be filled with WWII-centric historical fiction, I don’t think I’ve read a single book about it ...
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  • An Absolutely Remarkable Thing + Apple Turnovers
    I’m a huge fan of John Green and I heard a lot of amazingness about his brother’s first novel, and that’s basically ...
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  • The Book of M + Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream
    I decided to pick up The Book of M by Peng Shepherd after hearing about it on a podcast. The story of ...
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  • Peas, Carrots and an Aston Martin + Carrot Cupcakes
    For those of you who enjoyed The Afterlife of Walter Augustus, Hannah Lynn is at it again! This time with a more ...
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  • Our Life in the Forest + Roasted Mushrooms with Herbed Quinoa
    I requested Marie Darrieussecq’s novel Our Life in the Forest from NetGalley because the concept was intriguing. Marie — both the author ...
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  • Good Morning, Midnight + Kale Sausage Soup with Tomatoes and Chickpeas
    Good Morning, Midnight is a low-key post-apocalyptic novel. Augie is an aging but brilliant astronomer who ends up stranded in the Arctic, ...
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  • A Place for Us + Mango Lassi
    Fatima Farheen Mirza’s novel A Place for Us put me at a loss for words (a tough position when I need to ...
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  • Virgil Wander + Lasagna
    Leif Enger is an award-winning author who I’d never heard of before coming across his latest novel, Virgil Wander. He truly has ...
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  • The Clockmaker's Daughter + Fish and Chips
    I have never read a Kate Morton novel, but I have heard amazing things — and a lot of buzz about her ...
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  • The Bookshop of Yesterdays + Fig and Goat Cheese Muffins
    Though I enjoy books about books, it’s rare that I read one right on top of the other. It felt as though ...
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  • The Dream Daughter + Copycat Mexican Pizza
    The description for Diane Chamberlain’s “genre-spanning” novel The Dream Daughter promises it will be “irresistible.” In that, it was 100% correct. Twenty-six-year-old ...
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  • There There + Indian Tacos
    Tommy Orange’s novel There There tells a multigenerational story of Native Americans as they are today, living not on reservations but in ...
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  • Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore + Cider Donuts
    I suppose I expected a book about books when I chose Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore for the Book Challenge by ...
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  • An American Marriage + Blackberry Jam Cake
    An American Marriage, the poignant novel by Tayari Jones, received a boost of popularity when Oprah selected it as her book club ...
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  • TBR Mix 'n' Mingle - What I'm Reading in September
    September is here and it’s exciting! Fall is coming… those cooler, breezy days that are perfect for reading. The end to the ...
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  • The Late Bloomers' Club + Burnt Sugar Cake (and Corn Tomato Salad)
    If you’re anything like me, you’re looking forward to fall. It’s the season of cool nights, hot cups of tea, fresh baked ...
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