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My Life in Middlemarch by Rebecca Mead

August 6, 2016

Why did I delay reading this book for so long? I finally brought it to work, where it sat on …

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Life After Life by Kate Atkinson

October 20, 2013

 “Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both…” Did you ever wonder what your …

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Austenland by Shannon Hale

September 14, 2013

NOTE: I’ll be reviewing The Gods of Heavenly Punishment later this week as part of author Jennifer Cody Epstein’s September …

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Guest Review: Naughty in Nice by Rhys Bowen

September 2, 2013

GUEST REVIEW: In addition to adventuring around the nation’s capital, fellow blogger Discover DC Living is an avid reader, from …

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NW by Zadie Smith

July 7, 2013

NW opens with “Visitation,” a chronicle of life according to Leah, told through artfully written stream of consciousness and more …

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A Dangerous Inheritance by Alison Weir

May 25, 2013

Time to pull out Rebecca Fraser’s The Story of Britain once again. I wanted to be sure I had my …

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55 of 55: The St. Zita Society by Ruth Rendell

December 27, 2012

I began my year of “55 books at age 55” with an A: Alice I Have Been. So it’s fitting …

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53 of 55: Imagined London by Anna Quindlen

December 17, 2012

I like Anna Quindlen’s writing: novels such as Black and Blue and essays enjoyed over the years. I have a …

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52: Garment of Shadows by Laurie R. King

December 4, 2012

Long live the detective novel, done well. I’ve spent the weekend in 1924 Morocco, an occasionally harrowing but continually captivating …

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50: Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand by Helen Simonson

November 4, 2012

This seemed like an ideal book for me: set in a small English village and featuring an intelligent, charmingly old-fashioned …

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