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BOOK REVIEW: #SongOfTheWoodenSparrow by #IsabelTutaine. A love story with blazing, though understated, sexual tension set in Maine in the late 19th century. Exceptional.

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BOOK REVIEW: Song of the Wooden Sparrow by Isabel Tutaine

After a tropical disease kills her infant son and husband in Ghana in 1894, Dr. Leah Maays returns to her hometown. In Edith’s Bay, Maine, she moves in with her aunt and uncle, Martha and Utterance, owners of a local apple orchard. Martha is as uptight as they come, though Utterance is more easy going. Their attitudes toward their niece as a female physician fully reflect those of the village. In…

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ICYMI BOOK REVIEW: #Goddess by #KellyGardiner. Fictional biography of the swashbuckling swordswoman/opera star, #JulieD’Aubigny.

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ICYMI BOOK REVIEW: #ReturnToSender by #CraigJohnson. 21st Walt Longmire mystery. Excellent read as always.

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BOOK REVIEW: #TheCrookedMediumsGuideToMurder by #StephenCox.  A wry, witty ghost story with a slightly crooked spiritualist solving mysteries.

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BOOK REVIEW: The Crooked Medium’s Guide to Murder by Stephen Cox

The Crooked Medium’s Guide to Murder is a complete change of pace from author Stephen Cox’s earlier works, Our Child of the Stars and Our Child of Two Worlds, a sci-fi duology about an alien child who lands on earth and is rescued by a human family. Though the subject matters are worlds and times apart, they share a dry humor and a warm humanity. The Crooked Medium’s Guide is set in Victorian…

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My August 2025 books reviewed. The best of these: #PaleMorningLightWithVioletSwan, a great look at a female artist’s life and #Shutter and #Exposure, a blend of horror/ghost story, police procedural, and Navajo culture.

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My August 2025 books read. The best of these: #StoneBlind, a retelling of Medusa, by the inimitable #NatalieHaynes; and #OnCall by #AnthonyFauciMD, a memoir revealing a caring, dedicated public servant; #TheArchitectsApprentice by #ElifShafak, rags to riches historical fiction set in Istanbul in the 16th century.

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A 19th century woman artist discovers her true self in the 20th century while struggling against societal norms and facing the challenges of life with men who may—or may not—love her. Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Passion-Paint-Suanne-Schafer-ebook/dp/B0CXH7Z6K1/ B&N https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/passion-paint-suanne-schafer/1145936808?ean=2940180190000 KOBO https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/passion-paint Smashwords https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1584647 Apple https://books.apple.com/us/book/passion-paint/id6505067972

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“There’s plenty of sharp, suspenseful action to savor here in this impressively poignant, hauntingly realistic, and searingly moving tale. Schafer intensively explores themes of racism, violence, war, and human welfare. Vivid, boldly written, life-affirming historical fiction drawn from the horrors of the Rwandan genocide crisis.” —Kirkus Reviews

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BOOK REVIEW: #WomanOnTheVerge by #KimHooper. A look at maternal ambivalence: the love-hate feelings of being a mom.

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BOOK REVIEW: Woman on the Verge by Kim Hooper

Woman on the Verge deals with maternal ambivalence, those emotions generated when women want to be mothers yet hate mothering itself. Hooper deftly captures the love/hate relationship: the adoring of those tiny bodies loving you while simultaneously being overwhelmed by the constant “me, me, me” needs of children. Couple that with a clueless spouse, little life outside of marriage and motherhood,…

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ICYMI BOOK REVIEW: #WeBurnDaylight by #BretAnthonyJohnston. A modern Romeo & Juliet set during the Branch Davidian siege in Waco, TX in 1993.

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BOOK REVIEW: #Exposure by #RamonaEmerson. Part 2 of the Rita Todacheene mystery series, an intriguing blend of police procedural, Native American culture, paranormal, and horror.

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BOOK REVIEW: Exposure by Ramona Emerson

I liked Ramona Emerson’s Shutter, a blend of police procedural, Native American culture, paranormal, and horror, that I didn’t wait long to read the second installment, Exposure. The latter can be read as a stand-alone novel, but reading the first helps set up the dynamics better. It is set in Gallup, New Mexico, rather than Albuquerque, as Rita has returned to her grandmother’s home in nearby…

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ICYMI BOOK REVIEW: #Unspoken by #JannAlexander. An indomitable female heroine, Texan Ruby Lee, who survives the Dust Bowl and the Great Depression and pulls her family together.