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Wednesday, October 9, 2024

75. A Fall of Marigolds by Susan Meissner

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listened on Libby 370 pgs. 2014 Adult Historical Fiction Finished 10/9/2024 Goodreads rating: 4.09 My rating: 2.5 Setting: NYC 1911 & 9/...

Thursday, January 9, 2020

4. The Bookish Life of Nina Hill by Abbi Waxman

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Listened to the eAudio which I borrowed from the library narrated by Emily Rankin Unabridged audio (9:03) 2019 Berkley 352 pgs. Adul...

Monday, November 13, 2017

65. Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore by Matthew Sullivan

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listened to on Audible 2017, Scribner 336 pgs. Adult Mystery Finished 11/13/17 Goodreads rating: 3.81 - 7705 ratings My rating: 4.5...

Wednesday, December 16, 2015

68. The Hired Girl - Laura Amy Schlitz

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2015 Candlewick Press 387 pgs. YS Historical Fiction Finished 12/12/15 Goodreads rating: 4.05 My rating:4.5 - an excellent read Set...

Tuesday, August 9, 2011

44. Small Acts of Amazing Courage - Gloria Whelan

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A Paula Wiseman Book, Simon & Schuster, 2011 HC $15.99 for: Mid Grades 218 pgs. Rating: 3.5 In 1919 India, being the daughter ...

Saturday, April 17, 2010

26. Listening for Lions - Gloria Whelan

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For: Middle Grades Harper Collins, 2005 194 pages A good story with a few minor complaints Rachel Sheridan is a 13-year old white girl livin...

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