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Thursday, March 13, 2025

The Lost Passenger by Frances Quinn - featuring a dramatic rescue from the Titanic!

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Cinderella meets All-of-a-Kind Family  in a new book I really liked and recommend. Elinor Hayward, the lovely and intelligent daughter of a...
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Tuesday, February 4, 2025

Miss Buncle's Book by D.E. Stevenson

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When our fellow humans annoy us with their squabbles and predictability, don’t we all fantasize about memorializing them in fiction – to the...
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Thursday, July 4, 2024

The Maplin Bird by K.M. Peyton

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In this historical novel set in 19th century England, orphaned siblings escape their abusive relatives and try to make a new life for themse...
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Tuesday, April 16, 2024

The Family from One End Street by Eve Garnett #1937Club

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Title : The Family from One End Street Author and Illustrator : Eve Garnett Publication : Vanguard Press, hardcover, originally published in...
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Thursday, March 7, 2024

Sing for Your Supper by Lenora Mattingly Weber - treading the boards in 19th century Colorado

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Title : Sing for Your Supper Author : Lenora Mattingly Weber Illustrator : Ninon MacKnight Publication : Thomas Y. Crowell Company, hardcove...
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Wednesday, December 6, 2023

Babbacombe's by Susan Scarlett aka Noel Streatfeild #DeanStreetDecember23

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Title : Babbacombe’s Author : Susan Scarlett Publication : Dean Street Press, paperback, 2022 (originally published in 1941) Genre : Fiction...
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Tuesday, March 29, 2022

Jeannie's War by Carol MacLean

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Title : Jeannie’s War Author : Carol MacLean Publication : Hera Books, ebook, 2022 Genre : Historical Fiction Setting : WWII Scotland Descri...
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Tuesday, November 16, 2021

How to Be Brave, a modern school story by Daisy May Johnson

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Title : How to Be Brave Author : Daisy May Johnson Publication : Henry Holt & Co., hardcover, 2021 Genre : Middle-grade fiction Setting ...
Saturday, November 13, 2021

A Single Thread by Tracy Chevalier, one of my favorite books of 2021

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Title : A Single Thread Author : Tracy Chevalier Publication : Viking, hardcover, 2019 Genre : Historical fiction Setting : 20th century Eng...
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Monday, June 14, 2021

Band of Sisters: The Women of Smith College Go to War by Lauren Willig

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Title : Band of Sisters : The Women of Smith College Go to War Author : Lauren Willig Publication : William Morrow, hardcover, 2021 Genre : ...
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Wednesday, September 2, 2020

The Daughters of Erietown by Connie Schultz

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Title : The Daughters of Erietown Author : Connie Schultz Publication :  Random House, hardcover, 2020 Genre : Fiction Setting : Ohio, 1...
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Wednesday, April 22, 2020

Love, Jacaranda by Alex Flinn, a retelling of Daddy Long Legs

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Title : Love, Jacaranda Author :   Alex Flinn Publication : HarperTeen, Hardcover, July 2020 Genre : YA Plot : Jacaranda Abbott is ...
Sunday, December 16, 2018

Christmas on the Island (Book Review)

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Title : Christmas on the Island Author : Jenny Colgan Publication : William Morrow , trade paperback, October 2018 Genre : Fiction ...
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Tuesday, October 16, 2018

Dragonwyck by Anya Seton (Book Review) #1944Club

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The 1944 Club is a theme in which two prolific bloggers, Simon from Stuck in a Book and Karen from Kaggsy's Bookish Ramblings , promot...
Wednesday, May 31, 2017

The Black Cabinet, a mystery by Patricia Wentworth

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Title : The Black Cabinet Author : Patricia Wentworth Publication : Trade Paperback, 2016, Dean Street Press ; originally published in 192...
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Monday, December 26, 2016

Skating Shoes by Noel Streatfeild (Book Review)

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Title : Skating Shoes (UK title: White Boots) Author : Noel Streatfeild Illustrator :  Richard Floethe Publication : Random House, Hardc...
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Monday, August 19, 2013

Holly Hotel (Book Review)

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Title :  Holly Hotel: a Mystery Author : Elisabeth Kyle              Illustrator :  Nora S. Unwin Publication Information :  Houghton Mi...