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Book Review: Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell

Posted on November 8, 2024November 6, 2024 by Jami Fairleigh

Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell Hamnet: Vintage (2020) 320 Pages Amazon | Bookshop.org Book Description England, 1580: The Black Death creeps across the land, an ever-present threat, infecting the healthy, the sick, the old and the young alike. The end of...Read More

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Book Review: The Neverending Story by Michael Ende

Posted on May 17, 2024 by Jami Fairleigh

The Neverending Story by Michael Ende The Neverending Story as translated by Ralph Manheim: Doubleday (1983) 377 Pages Amazon | Bookshop.org Book Description When Bastian happens upon an old book called The Neverending Story, he's swept into the magical world of...Read More

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Book Review: The Crystal Cave by Mary Stewart

Posted on March 29, 2024March 26, 2024 by Jami Fairleigh

The Crystal Cave by Mary Stewart The Crystal Cave: Hodder & Stoughton (1970) 494 Pages Amazon | Bookshop.org Book Description Born the bastard son of a Welsh princess, Myridden Emrys — or as he would later be known, Merlin —...Read More

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Book Review: The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde

Posted on March 15, 2024 by Jami Fairleigh

The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde The Eyre Affair: Viking Penguin (2002) 374 Pages Amazon | Bookshop.org Book Description England (circa 1985) is a virtual police state where an aunt can get lost (literally) in a Wordsworth poem and forging...Read More

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Book Review: Story Genius by Lisa Cron

Posted on February 23, 2024 by Jami Fairleigh

Story Genius by Lisa Cron Story Genius: Ten Speed Press (2016) 267 Pages Amazon | Bookshop.org Book Description It's every novelist's greatest fear: pouring their blood, sweat, and tears into writing hundreds of pages only to realize that their story...Read More

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Book Review: The Toymakers by Robert Dinsdale

Posted on December 8, 2023 by Jami Fairleigh

The Toymakers by Robert Dinsdale The Toymakers: Del Ray (2018) 468 Pages Amazon | Bookshop.org Book Description It is 1917, and while war wages across Europe, in the heart of London, there is a place of hope and enchantment. The...Read More

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Book Review: The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield

Posted on September 29, 2023 by Jami Fairleigh

The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield The Thirteenth Tale: Washington Square Press (2006) 406 Pages Amazon | Bookshop.org Book Description Reclusive author Vida Winter has spent the past six decades penning a series of alternate lives for herself. Now old...Read More

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Book Review: Salthouse Place by Jamie Lee Sogn

Posted on September 1, 2023September 1, 2023 by Jami Fairleigh

Salthouse Place by Jamie Lee Sogn Salthouse Place: Lake Union Publishing (2023) 323 Pages Amazon | Bookshop.org Book Description In the far reaches of the Pacific Northwest, three best friends spend a day at the lake…but only two come home....Read More

Book Review: The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow

Posted on July 28, 2023July 28, 2023 by Jami Fairleigh

The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow The Ten Thousand Doors of January. Published by Redhook (2019) 365 Pages Amazon | Bookshop.org Book Description In a sprawling mansion filled with peculiar treasures, January Scaller is a curiosity...Read More

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Book Review: Whiteout by Ashton Macaulay

Posted on July 14, 2023 by Jami Fairleigh

Whiteout by Ashton Macaulay Aberrant Literature (2018) 294 Pages Amazon | Bookshop.org Book Description In Whiteout, monster hunter Nick Ventner faces his greatest challenge to date. From amateur necromancers in the bayou to Sasquatch impersonators in the Pacific Northwest, Nick has...Read More

Book Review: The Last Gifts of the Universe by Rory August

Posted on July 7, 2023 by Jami Fairleigh

The Last Gifts of the Universe by Rory August Rory August (2022) 188 Pages Amazon | Not available at Bookshop.org Book Description The Last Gifts of the Universe: When the Home worlds finally achieved the technology to venture out into...Read More

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Book Review: The Color of Magic by Terry Pratchett

Posted on June 23, 2023 by Jami Fairleigh

The Color of Magic by Terry Pratchett Colin Smythe Ltd. (1983) 210 Pages Amazon | Bookshop.org Book Description In The Color of Magic, the well-meaning but remarkably inept wizard Rincewind encounters something hitherto unknown in the Discworld: a tourist! Twoflower...Read More