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nf - history non-fiction review 

2021: #6 – Truevine (Beth Macy)

March 3, 2021March 1, 2021 0 Comment
Truevine by Beth Macy

Truevine is the story of the Muse brothers, African American albino boys who were taken into the sideshow/circus world in the early 1900s. But it’s also the story about the history of circuses and sideshows and the ways some of them worked, with a dusting of information of what living in the Roanoke Valley as an African American was like then. I thought it was

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nf - journalism non-fiction review 

2019: #36 – Dopesick (Beth Macy)

January 10, 2020January 10, 2020 1 Comment
Dopesick by Beth Macy

I thought this was a solid book about the opiate crisis, especially in the Appalachia area. In that way, it hit close to home — I live in the area and recognized many of the places she spoke about, and some of the events (like the TV weathermen who were outed as addicts). It’s all a sad situation, and I can’t say that this book

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That’s I before M, 5 letters, no Ys. Obsessed with books. A lot.

   

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Spoiler Alert by Olivia Dade
contemporary romance review romance 

2021: #81 – Spoiler Alert (Olivia Dade)

November 1, 2022October 31, 2022 Jaime 0 Comments

I really liked the heart of this book. I loved April and her unapologetic geekiness, and I liked what Dade has to say about body positivity, and that she wrote a male protagonist that walks the talk. What I wasn’t expecting was just how detailed into the fanfiction subculture this was going to go. It’s one of the few times I’ve started a book and

Cover Your Eyes by Mary Burton
review romance romantic suspense 

2021: #80 – Cover Your Eyes (Mary Burton)

October 31, 2022October 31, 2022 Jaime 0 Comments
Fall of Giants by Ken Follett
hf - multi-period saga historical fiction 

2021: #79 – Fall of Giants (Ken Follett)

August 26, 2022August 26, 2022 Jaime 0 Comments
The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon
fantasy high/epic fantasy review 

2021: #78 – The Priory of the Orange Tree (Samantha Shannon)

July 7, 2022July 7, 2022 Jaime 0 Comments

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