Rick

Rick by Alex Gino takes place two years after the author’s earlier book George. That earlier novel was unfortunately overloaded with activist preachy language, putting

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The Lost Year

The Lost Year by Katherine Marsh is a juvenile novel about a centenarian survivor of the Holodomor. The chapters jump between various places and years,

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The Hidden Evil

The Hidden Evil by Barbara Cartland is the third, and likely the last, of her romances that I will read. This novel was longer than

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Tempted to Love

Tempted to Love was another speedy read by Barbara Cartland. In this brief story, eighteen-year-old Ivona is suddenly orphaned and placed as a ward under

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The Kiss of Life

I decided to read The Kiss of Life by Barbara Cartland in order to see what her writing was like, and to be able to

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Hangman’s Beach

I bought Hangman’s Beach by Thomas H. Raddall when Mark and I visited Nova Scotia two years ago. During that trip Mark’s sister Patsy and

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The Perfect Christmas

My Christmas reading assignment ends this season with The Perfect Christmas by Debbie Macomber. Cassie Beaumont is a woman in her mid-thirties who is motivated

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Mr. Miracle

Mr. Miracle by Debbie Macomber told the story two adversarial young adults who come together and fall in love over the Christmas holidays, which is

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