Everything She Forgot by Lisa Ballantyne. Finding Jake by Bryan Reardon. Love May Fail by Matthew Quick. The Last Will and Testament of Zelda McFigg by Betsy Robinson. The Bees by Laline Paull. The Child Thief by Brom. Church of Marvels by Leslie Parry. The Confabulist by Steven Galloway. Crooked River by Valerie Geary. The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker. God Help the Child by Toni Morrison. The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman. Heraclix and Pomp by Forrest Aguirre.

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Six working women, six great houses, 200 years of history. Secret bundles of letters, scrawled diary entries and the neglected service wing archives of stately homes have all been plundered to resurrect a series of extraordinary personal stories from 19th and 20th-century domestic service in the great British country house. I so enjoyed your book.

Shoppers seeking sardines are searching the aisles, those seeking staples may no longer be able to make a connection and devotees of the sad-looking but immensely popular among students and others More. Random weirdness for the week of March 20, 2018.

In which we wander, wonder, and swim in cold water. here is my year, in books.

I emerged from Ezeiza International Airport this past Saturday into blissfully cool air. Philadelphia, when I left, was nearly tropical, but Buenos Aires weather reminded me of an early spring day. The woman from the booth where I arranged transport into the city pulled her jacket closed and shivered.

My Book The Janus Code. Index of Reviews by Author. I love a good story. This blog is about what I like to read and why. Ps Throughout April 2016, I posted the short stories I wrote for the GCWA Writers Contest. Hope you enjoy! The Janus Code website.

Tilia, linden, lime. Μεράκι guest post by Andreas Loizou. Morsels from Emily Dickinson guest post by Anne Marsella. Words that do more guest post by Belinda Castles. guest post by Ben Walter. Snow guest post by David Hamilton. Glaireous guest post by Ivy Alvarez. Zeitgeist guest post by Jo Atherton. Emptiness guest post by John Mateer. Mottainai guest post by Julie Maclean. Lambent guest post by Laline Paull.

Just recently a friend wondered how I found books to recommend. I told her, I tend to use Twitter. A lot of people that I speak to both via Social Media and person to person, complain that there is a lot of bilge out there and on Twitter in particular. One book reviewer in particular caught my eye, and that was Naomi Frisby.