Tag: fiction

Three book reviews: The Children on the Hill, The Housemaid, and The Locked Door

If you are wondering why I am a little behind in blogging, let’s just say finalizing the end of school and preparing for my NYC […]

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The Lying Game: A Novel by Ruth Ware

  Synopsis: The text message arrives in the small hours of the morning: I need you.Isa drops everything, takes her baby daughter and heads straight to […]

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Final Girls: A Novel by Riley Sager

  Background: Ten years ago, six friends went on vacation. One made it out alive…. In that instant, college student Quincy Carpenter became a member of […]

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Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson – why every educator should read this book and why every school should have it in the library…

Fury is ranging across the nation as parents hold schools accountable for the books they have available for children to check out in the public […]

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The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

  Aging and reclusive Hollywood movie icon Evelyn Hugo is finally ready to tell the truth about her glamorous and scandalous life. But when she […]

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The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

Toni Morrison is quoted as describing the banning of a book as “a purist yet elementary kind of censorship designed to appease adults rather than educate […]

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Scythe by Neal Shusterman and Smallcakes, a new Gluckstadt business

  When you read a dystopian novel, you promote a local, recently-opened business…or I do anyway. 🧁😊  Smallcakes is a new cupcakery that opened up […]

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The Woman in the Window: A Novel and King Cake in a Bread Machine

  Recipe link I know what you are saying?  King Cake in a bread machine?  Why, yes!  And…king cake also doesn’t have anything to do […]

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Anxious People: A Novel by Fredrik Backman and Swedish Scones

  Recipe link Out of curiosity, I searched to see if there happened to be a recipe for scones with a Swedish twist.  I had […]

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Come With Me by Ronald Malfi and Historic Annapolis

Originally this book blog started off with cooking recipes that relate to the setting of books.  There are only so many American dishes I can […]

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