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Science Fiction Book Review: Ace Double D-437: And Then The Town Took Off by Richard Wilson, and The Sioux Spaceman by Andre Norton

Victor Frankenstein @VictorFrankenstein (310) • United Kingdom 15 Apr

Reading's what I do to relax when there's nothing else going on, so it's just as well that I have a houseful of books. And since I have several dozen Ace Doubles that I haven't read yet, I've always got something to read that...

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My Better Half, A Review

Mary Ellen @Ciclis (226) 2 Apr

I just finished My Better Half by M.M. Boulder and I would like to review it to you guys. The story revolves around Lucille Stevenson, a meek quiet and overlooked woman, wife and mother. Lucille is attacked in her own home and...

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Book Review: The Happy Life of Isadora Bentley

patgalca @patgalca (18481) • Orangeville, Ontario 3 Mar

I loved this book.... even though it hit too close to home. Isadora Bentley has felt out of place all her life. This caused her to become very sad. So sad that co-workers are intimidated by her. She never smiles. She's never...

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Book Review: The Obsidian Chronicles

DE @DaddyEvil (174208) • United States 21 Dec

If you like sword and sorcery fantasy, you might like this trilogy by Lawrence Watt-Evans. Arlian is a boy of 11 years when he witnesses the death of his grandfather at the "hands" of dragons. Sold into slavery, he toils for...

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Book Review: The Christmas Escape

patgalca @patgalca (18481) • Orangeville, Ontario 30 Nov

It's been a long while since I posted a book review on here but I had to share this one. I won't post the book's synopsis, just my review. ~~~~ I pick up a holiday read expecting a Christmas romance. And yes, there is romance,...

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Letter from an Unknown woman

Aparna Sen @Dreamerby (10111) • Calcutta, India 3 May 25

I recently read this novella "Letter from an Unknown Woman" and the story is so subtly poignant that it's quiet sorrow has etched itself indelibly into my mind. Stefan Zweig’s Letter from an Unknown Woman is a hauntingly...

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Book Review: Everyone This Christmas Has a Secret by Benjamin Stevenson

patgalca @patgalca (18481) • Orangeville, Ontario 28 Feb 25

"My name's Ernest Cunninham. I used to be a fan of Golden Age mysteries, until I found myself frequently stuck in the middle of real-life ones. I'd hoped that any self-respecting murderer would take it easy over the holidays. I...

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My book review on A Town Called Solace

maggie Sun @maggiesunjuan (561) • China 27 Feb 25

I’ve just finished reading the book.Actually I bought it in Nov or Dec, 2022 or so, it was on the list of the 2021 Book Prize . I bought it with the intention of improving my English and also of enhancing my ability in reading...

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Book Review: Red River Slayer by Katie Mettner

patgalca @patgalca (18481) • Orangeville, Ontario 18 Feb 25

This is book 4 in a 6 books Secure One series by Harlequin Intrigue. I do have the next two books and am anxious to get to them. I'm also really behind in reviews. Harlequin is no longer just a romance novel publisher. They have...

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Book Review: Icebreaker by Hannah Grace

patgalca @patgalca (18481) • Orangeville, Ontario 6 Feb 25

Anastasia Allen has worked her entire life for a shot at Team USA. It looks like everything is going according to plan when she gets a full scholarship to the University of California, Maple Hills, and lands a place on their...

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Book Review: Apples & Angels Wings by Katie Mettner

patgalca @patgalca (18481) • Orangeville, Ontario 6 Feb 25

Sorry I am reviewing Christmas books but my books are piling up that I haven't reviewed. There are two more holiday reads still to be reviewed, and 3 other novels. I am enjoying all of these books ~~~~ It's Christmastime in Bells...

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Book Review: Christmas By Design by Allie Samberts

patgalca @patgalca (18481) • Orangeville, Ontario 30 Jan 25

I am way behind in reviews. I have 6 books sitting here waiting for me to post my reviews. When you get that far behind you don't want to make the effort. At least I don't. I'm focusing on the reading more than the...

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Book Review: Meddling With Mistletoe by Liz Johnson

patgalca @patgalca (18481) • Orangeville, Ontario 9 Jan 25

Whitney Garrett is preparing to enter culinary school in the spring, but first she has to sell enough homemade pies at the local Christmas markets to pay her tuition. When her oven breaks, Whitney asks Marie Sloan, proprieter of...

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Book Review: Hot Winter Nights by Jill Shalvis

patgalca @patgalca (18481) • Orangeville, Ontario 1 Jan 25

Most people wouldn't think of a Bad Santa case as the perfect Christmas gift. Then again, Molly Malone, office manager at Hunt Investigations, isn't most people, and she could really use a distraction from the fantasies she's been...

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Window Shopping by Tessa Bailey

patgalca @patgalca (18481) • Orangeville, Ontario 29 Dec 24

Two weeks before Christmas and all through Manhattan, shop windows are decorated in red and green satin. Stella is standing alone outside a famous department store, when a charming man asks her opinion on the decor. It's a tragedy...

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Book Review: Christmas on Reindeer Road by Debbie Mason

patgalca @patgalca (18481) • Orangeville, Ontario 22 Dec 24

Mallory Maitland knows all too well what it's like to feel abandoned, whifch is why she's sworn never to give up on her two stepsons - her late husband's children. But when the teens land in hot water, she's got a whole new...

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Book Review: A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway

Victor Frankenstein @VictorFrankenstein (310) • United Kingdom 22 Dec 24

Hemingway is one of those world-famous authors that I've heard about all my adult life, but never actually got round to reading. I became interested in giving him a try after I found out that he had the same inherited health...

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Book Review: My Kind of Wonderful by Jill Shalvis

patgalca @patgalca (18481) • Orangeville, Ontario 15 Dec 24

Bailey Moore has an agenda: Skiing in the Rockies, exploring castles in Europe, ballroom dancing in Argentina. Now that she has a second lease on life, she's determined not to miss a thing. What she doesn't realize is that item #1...

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Book Review: The Magnolia Inn by Anne-Marie Meyer

patgalca @patgalca (18481) • Orangeville, Ontario 5 Dec 24

Book #1 in the Red Stiletto Book Club Series. Maggie: This is my start over moment. I'm 36. Recently divorced, and embarassingly unemployed. My only option is to prove myself to my mother - and really, to me - by fixing up the...

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Book Review: Tart by Katie Mettner

patgalca @patgalca (18481) • Orangeville, Ontario 30 Nov 24

My name is Bishop Halla, and I believe in love at first sight. The problem is, the woman I'm in love with doesn't. Amber Larson, the face of The Fluffy Cupcake, is the sweetest tart in the bakery case and I want nothing more than...

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