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Tuesday, May 15, 2018

Book Reviews (2025)

For reviews from previous years, please click here: 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024.

Henry V, by Dan Jones 

Wild Dark Shore, by Charlotte McConaghy 

Heart the Lover, by Lily King

Orphans of the Living,by Kathy Watson

The Orange Notebooks, by Susanna Crossman

Shamiso, by Brian Chikwava

Atmosphere, by Taylor Jenkins Reid

The Blue Place, by Nicola Griffith

The Edge of Solitude, by Katie Hale

At the Edge of Empire,by Edward Wong

My Roman Year, by André Aciman

The Gentleman From Peru, by André Aciman

Night Train to Odesa, by Jen Stout

The House of Broken Bricks, by Fiona Williams 

Botticelli: Artist and Designer, by Ana Debenedetti



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