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wen4blu
Hester: A Novel | Laurie Lico Albanese
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Weekend plans

Meshell1313 Ooh I LOVED this! 1mo
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AroundTheBookWorld
You Will Be Mine | Natasha Preston
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guinsgirlreads
Hester: A Novel | Laurie Lico Albanese
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Thank you @Pogue ! I‘ve been wanting to read this for so long! Happy holidays! #jolabokaflod

AmyG I loved this book. Enjoy. 4mo
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dabbe
Nathaniel Hawthorne: Representative Selections | Nathaniel Hawthorne, Austin Warren
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IndoorDame 💙🩵💙 4mo
TheSpineView 🤩🤩🤩 4mo
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AroundTheBookWorld
The Scarlet Letter | Nathaniel Hawthorne
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TracyReadsBooks
Hester: A Novel | Laurie Lico Albanese
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Pickpick

I liked it—it‘s an entertaining story speculating about the inspiration for Hawthorne‘s The Scarlett Letter & if you go in wondering, “what if?!?” there‘s a lot to like. This even though you know what the end must inevitably be even though it‘s clear the Isobel Gamble, whose story it is, has no idea. The legacy of the Salem witch trials looms large over this story about a young woman who refuses to conform or be dependent on the men in her life.

SilversReviews I liked this one too. 5mo
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TracyReadsBooks
Hester: A Novel | Laurie Lico Albanese
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Started this one last night and am enjoying it so far.

kspenmoll In my TBR. Let me know your thoughts. 5mo
AmyG I loved this one. Enjoy! 5mo
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kspenmoll
Hester: A Novel | Laurie Lico Albanese
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#bookhaul
My work staff gifted me a more than generous $100 Barnes & Noble gift certificate as a get well gift. Obviously, they know me well! Visited the store today and left with four books. 💛📚❤️‍🩹

MaureenMc 😍📚😍 5mo
Librarybelle Nice stack! 5mo
AnnR Wow! What a nice gift. 5mo
jlhammar How thoughtful! You made great use of it. I have Other Birds waiting on my shelves and have been wanting Flight. 5mo
MittenGirlPeach Great stack! Other Birds is one of my favorites of the year. 5mo
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Victoriahoperose
Hester: A Novel | Laurie Lico Albanese
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Mehso-so

This was a little slow for me. It was an interesting retelling and spin on the original story but it just felt like it drug on for me. After the first half, I had a hard time staying interested. It just didn‘t have a whole lot going on for most of the book. Great writing and interesting story, just not my favorite.

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GerardtheBookworm
Hester: A Novel | Laurie Lico Albanese
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A lyrical historical fiction filled beautiful prose. A talented seamstress married to a fraudulent Scottish Apothecary arrives in America and meets Nathaniel Hawthorne, who makes her his muse for The Scarlet Letter. Making this story unique is the protagonist struggling with synaesthesia, the ability to see colors through sounds and words. An amazing interpretation of the classic!