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The Bleeding

[responsivevoice_button buttontext=โ€Listenโ€] ๐ŸŒŸ๐ŸŒŸ๐ŸŒŸ๐ŸŒŸ๐ŸŒŸ A gothic triumph - drenched with atmosphere, and saturated with fascinating characters and dastardly deeds, contributing to an undercurrent of evil so thick you may find yourself as unable to stop shuddering as you are to stop reading. When Lieutenant Maxine Grant, just finishing up a maternity…

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Secluded Cabin Sleeps Six

[responsivevoice_button buttontext=โ€Listenโ€] ๐ŸŒŸ๐ŸŒŸ๐ŸŒŸ๐Ÿ’ซ An Interesting and suspenseful premise, executed with the help of a crazily complex web of strange and compelling characters (most of them harboring deception and secrets), and an intensely creepy setting, this bookโ€™s initially engaging start fell somewhat flat for this reader on the final go-round. Hannah,…

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Whereโ€™s My Dad?

[responsivevoice_button buttontext=โ€Listenโ€] ๐ŸŒŸ๐ŸŒŸ๐ŸŒŸ๐ŸŒŸ Written by a former school-teacher, this lovely childrenโ€™s book is a gentle look at the sometimes frightening, always expectant, world of the young, - a world where change-without-explanation can be as bewildering and it is distressing. Chloe is a smart, self-sufficient and curious eleven-year-old, living with a…

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Class – A Graphic Guide

[responsivevoice_button buttontext=โ€Listenโ€] ๐ŸŒŸ๐ŸŒŸ๐ŸŒŸ๐ŸŒŸ๐ŸŒŸ What do you get when you take two articulate and learned sociologists, an astoundingly-clever cartoonist, and a desire to spread knowledge, awareness and a ray of hope concerning an eternally-challenging social structure - one that, in and of itself, perhaps more than any other construct, may be…

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Nineteen Ways of Looking at Consciousness

[responsivevoice_button buttontext=โ€Listenโ€] ๐ŸŒŸ๐ŸŒŸ๐ŸŒŸ๐ŸŒŸ๐ŸŒŸ A fascinating, multi-layered look at the โ€œhardโ€ problem of consciousness, which this reader found totally and absolutely mesmerizing. (My own consciousness working hard to keep up, expanding with the extraordinarily-sweeping insights of this author). Taking an unusual approach, the author, a neuroscientist, considers one true-to-life scenario -…

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A Hundred Other Girls

[responsivevoice_button buttontext=โ€Listenโ€] ๐ŸŒŸ๐ŸŒŸ๐ŸŒŸ๐ŸŒŸ Packed with sardonic humor (Note to reader: watch where you read this book. I found myself laughing out loud in several places) pop culture (many of which were obscure to this reader), faux fur, and pink velvet, this ode to growing up a literary-wannabe in the exploding…

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Sea of Tranquility

[responsivevoice_button buttontext=โ€Listenโ€] ๐ŸŒŸ๐ŸŒŸ๐ŸŒŸ๐ŸŒŸ๐ŸŒŸ Beautifully textured, this mind-altering speculative fiction story tells a tale of time, of humanity, and our never-ending search for meaning and understanding, amidst our existential quest to live a โ€œtranquil life in the face of deathโ€. With impeccable finesse the author builds an intricate and mesmerizing world…

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The Sweet Remnants of Summer

[responsivevoice_button buttontext=โ€Listenโ€] ๐ŸŒŸ๐ŸŒŸ๐ŸŒŸ๐ŸŒŸ๐ŸŒŸ I adore this series. Having followed (and loved) the work of this brilliant and prolific author for decades, it is this series in particular - Isabel Dalhousie, her essential โ€œgoodnessโ€, and her gorgeously-welcoming literary world - that has earned a very special place in my heart. An…

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Whisper of the Seals

[responsivevoice_button buttontext=โ€Listenโ€] ๐ŸŒŸ๐ŸŒŸ๐ŸŒŸ๐ŸŒŸ๐Ÿ’ซ A continuation of the Detective Moralรจs series, this was my introduction to this author, and easily enjoyed as a stand-alone novel. Part dread, part horror, and all suspense, this is a brilliantly crafted story with an atmosphere so darkly charged with foreboding, that this reader, for one,…

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Chinese-ish

[responsivevoice_button buttontext=โ€Listenโ€] ๐ŸŒŸ๐ŸŒŸ๐ŸŒŸ๐ŸŒŸ๐Ÿ’ซ This beautiful cook-book is a labor-of love between two authors, both of Chinese heritage and heavily influenced by a love of the food and flavors of their roots - one, Rosheen Kaul , (of Kashmiri and Chinese/Filipino descent), a head chef; and the other, Joanna Hu, experienced…

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