HistoricalFiction

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With a Star in My Hand: Rub�n Dar�o, Poetry Hero | Margarita Engle

“But truth is never popular with corrupt leaders who rely on lies.”

#Nicaragua #foodandlit @catsandbooks

GingerAntics Sounds a lot like America at the moment! 7h

AnnCrystal 😢📚💝. 4h

kspenmoll @GingerAntics That‘s the real truth! 39m

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Gleefulreader

Death in a Darkening Mist | Iona Whishaw

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This is my second Lane Winslow mystery and I am delighting in this series. I do so enjoy a period mystery but where the women get to be strong, capable, independent characters. The incorporation of WW2 and post-WW2 geopolitics raises the bar on these mysteries. Good fun, and love the interior BC setting

kspenmoll This series is wonderful! I loved it-keep in reading ! I have a few left to go…my library had most of this series. (edited) 35m

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Leftcoastzen

Rules of Civility: A Novel | Amor Towles

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NYC the end of 1937 , Katey Kontent is a NY native who works for a living finds herself meeting & getting entangled in New York‘s smart set. Towles 1st novel is a love story to New York City. Interesting details & descriptions of the culture, night life, & how we get caught up in others lives. I‘m the odd one out I guess, I like this one better than his highly regarded “A Gentleman In Moscow” Not that I didn‘t enjoy that one too!😄

AlaMich I think I‘d obsess over how to pronounce her name. KON-tent or kon-TENT? It‘s hard being me sometimes. 😵‍💫 (edited) 16h

Leftcoastzen @AlaMich I can clear that up !”He pronounced it KON-tent, as in the content of a book.It‘s Kon-TENT ,I said, like a state of being .” Quote from the book . (edited) 16h

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MommyWantsToReadHerBook

The God of the Woods | Liz Moore

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I can understand others' criticisms of especially the ending, but I loved it and couldn't put it down. The little boy made me think so much of my precious 9-year-old girl and what I would do if anything ever happened to her.

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Honeybeebooks

Wild and Distant Seas: A Novel | Tara Karr Roberts

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I was surprised by the negative Kirkus review. I enjoyed this story of four generations of women haunted by losses. Each generation has a gift related to memory and this gift leads them on sometimes foolhardy paths as they seek to find answers about a sailor that faced an angry whale. 🐋 This unusual novel earned a 3.5/5 ⭐️ rating for reminding me that the relationship between mothers and daughters can be complicated.

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AroundTheBookWorld

Soul of the Deep | Natasha Bowen

The bones are buried deep, white against the velvet of dark water. I shudder in the cold press of the sea as I swim beneath giant rib cages. The chill has burrowed into my core, where it nestles in the pit of my stomach, settling next to the promise I made to Olokun.
#SoulOfTheDeep #NatashaBowen #SkinOfTheDeep #firstline #openingline #book #books #bookbag #Fantasy #YoungAdult #Mythology #Mermaids #Romance #Fiction #HistoricalFiction #Audiobook 🩶

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KCofKaysville

The German Girl: A Novel | Armando Lucas Correa

Starting a novel that looks interesting.

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Awk_Word_Smith

Good Dirt | Charmaine Wilkerson

Not my usual fair but enjoyable so far.

Suet624 She‘s speaking at the Vermont Studio center in Johnson, VT on Thursday. It‘s a 10 minute drive away from me. I‘m hoping that a meeting. I have to go to ends early enough for me to attend. (edited) 18h

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