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Kristin Hannah’s The Women + Historical Fiction Book Club tonight

Hi, folks! Don’t forget that tonight, March 13, 2024, is Historical Fiction Book Club at Highland Books in Brevard, NC! We’re chatting about the utterly riveting, Maine-set novel by Ariel Lawhon: The Frozen River. (Psst: It’s one of the best … Continue reading

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My teen’s book review of Fault Lines by Nora Shalaway Carpenter

Book review from my 14 year-old, an avid reader: “I loved Fault Lines!” she says. “It had a really good, structured storyline. I loved that the characters stayed true to their ideas throughout the novel. It had romance, but it … Continue reading

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Book Rave: The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon

Oh, my. This book. I loved it. Read like the pages were on fire. Was sunk so deep in frozen 1789 Maine, in Martha Ballard’s fierce, sharp, astounding mind, I didn’t want to leave. I’ve never read a work of … Continue reading

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South to America wins National Book Award

That Imani Perry’s South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation just won the National Book Award is no surprise. It kept me up at night for the weeks I read it, stirring, … Continue reading

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New Book Review: “To the Bones” by Valerie Nieman, in Appalachian Review

Hi, friends. It’s been a while. Again. For my family and me, time has both sped up and seemed suspended or slow during the year and a half of pandemic life. I know we’re not alone. Like many of you, … Continue reading

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What I’m Reading Now: Robert Macfarlane’s “The Old Ways: A Journey on Foot”

This is a special book. It begs to be read slowly, so as to savor each line. Not since reading Annie Dillard’s Pilgrim at Tinker Creek in my early 20s have I experienced a book like this: one which offers … Continue reading

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Spring Reading: Kate Quinn’s “The Rose Code”

I read Kate Quinn‘s World War II era historical novel, The Rose Code, in a fevered (possibly actually fevered, as I’d just received my second Covid vaccination) rush, over the course of two nights while my kids were on Spring … Continue reading

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What I’m Reading Now: “Beach Read” by Emily Henry

Need a Spring Break read? Literally headed to the beach? I picked up Emily Henry’s Beach Read from my local library on a total whim yesterday. The premise—two very different writers (with a shared college past) stuck in neighboring lakehouses, who … Continue reading

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Books & Candy: A Thursday Shout-Out

This is a Thursday shout-out to books and candy — one of the best combos around. First, The Once and Future Witches, by Alix E. Harrow. I honestly don’t know that I’ve read a thing like it. It’s a wild, … Continue reading

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I swear this is not a book blog: and, What I’m Reading Now: Rene Denfeld’s “The Child Finder”

Pandemic win: more books. Another recommendation from a friend … although I probably shouldn’t have read this one at night. Which speaks to the power of Rene Denfeld’s harrowing and atmospheric novel. The Child Finder is fast-paced, tightly-plotted, and touching … Continue reading

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