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The Girl Next Door by Elizabeth Noble

Book Type: Large Print Hardback from Library Rating: 4/5 Synopsis: What makes a house a home? For Eve Gallagher, home is miles away in England since she and her husband relocated to an apartment building on New York’s Upper East Side. And life isn’t remotely coming up roses. What makes a neighbour a friend? Violet [...]

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The Sky is Everywhere by Jandy Nelson

Book Type: Paperback – library copy Rating: 5/5 Synopsis: Seventeen-year-old Lennie Walker, bookworm and band geek, plays second clarinet and spends her time tucked safely and happily in the shadow of her fiery older sister, Bailey. But when Bailey dies abruptly, Lennie is catapulted to center stage of her own life—and, despite her nonexistent history [...]

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Forever by Judy Blume

Synopsis: Katherine and Michael meet at a New Year’s Eve party. They’re attracted to each other, they grow to love each other. And once they’ve decided their love is forever, they make love. It’s the beginning of an intense and exclusive relationship, with a future all planned. Until Katherine’s parents insist that she and Michael [...]

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In My Mailbox #7

This is a weekly meme hosted by The Story Siren. Through the Post: Review books: Beyond the Dead Forest by Steve Groll E-Books: Review books: The Iron King by Julie Kagawa I’ll Become the Sea by Rebecca Rogers Maher No One Lives Twice by Julie Moffet The Sergeant’s Lady by Susanna Fraser Library Books: Last [...]

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Teaser Tuesday #5

This is a weekly meme hosted by MizB over at Should Be Reading. Here is what we do: Grab your current read Open to a random page Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You [...]

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In My Mailbox #6

This is a weekly meme hosted by The Story Siren. Details about this meme can be found here. So, the books that entered my home are: Review Books: These came through the post, yay! Randolph’s One Bedroom by Andrew Oberg I got a few books from netGallery too: Hunger by Jackie Morse Kesslar Karma Bites [...]

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Books Galore!

The past couple of days have been great regarding books! I have had loads come into the home I received one book through the post: This is a review book: Randolph’s One Bedroom by Andrew Oberg I had to go to the university library to take out some texts for my dissertation: If you want [...]

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Incantation by Alice Hoffman

Synopsis: Estrella deMadrigal thought she knew herself: daughter, granddaughter, sister, dearest friend, beloved. She is Star in the Night Sky, Truth in the Darkness. But truth is rare and precious in this cruel and unforgiving century in Spain, when Jews who refused conversion to Christianity risked everything – love, life, family, faith. Then: A startling [...]

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The Queen of New Beginnings by Erica James

Synopsis: Clayton Miller’s promising media career and personal life are in tatters. To put it all behind him he retreats to a secluded country house. There he meets Alice, who goes to great lengths to avoid telling the truth about herself. When Alice and Clayton discover the truth about each other they form an unlikely [...]

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Stardust by Neil Gaiman

Synopsis: Stardust is an utterly charming fairy tale in the tradition of The Princess Bride and The Neverending Story. Neil Gaiman, creator of the darkly elegant Sandman comics and author of The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish, tells the story of young Tristran Thorn and his adventures in the land of Faerie. [...]

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