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The Art Restorer by Julian Sanchez
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The Art Restorer by Julián Sánchez Enrique Alonso travels from his new home in Manhattan to San Sebastián, Spain, to attend the reopening of the San Telmo museum, where his ex-wife, Bety, works in public relations. There he meets American Craig Bruckner, a retired art restorer studying the museum’s…
Spooky Word Scrambles by Carolyn Kivett and Chris McMullen
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Spooky Word Scrambles by Carolyn Kivett and Chris McMullen These word scramble puzzles consist of spooky words or phrases where the letters have been scrambled. Many of the puzzles relate to Halloween in some way. Solve each puzzle by rearranging the letters to form the word or phrase. For…
The Language of Silence
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The Language of Silence by Anna Michaels My rating: 3 of 5 stars 3.5 stars This is at once a difficult book to read and an easily flowing tale that will captivate your senses and make your heart bleed for the main character. The difficulty is not found in…
A broken kind of beautiful
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A Broken Kind of Beautiful by Katie Ganshert Fashion is a fickle industry, a frightening fact for twenty-four-year-old model Ivy Clark. Ten years in and she’s learned a sacred truth — appearance is everything. Nobody cares about her broken past as long as she looks beautiful for the camera.…
Founders’ Son: A Life of Abraham Lincoln by Richard Brookhiser
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Founders’ Son: A Life of Abraham Lincoln by Richard Brookhiser Abraham Lincoln grew up in the long shadow of the Founding Fathers. Seeking an intellectual and emotional replacement for his own taciturn father, Lincoln turned to the great men of the founding—Washington, Paine, Jefferson—and their great documents—the Declaration of…
Hell no I don’t read, but if I did…
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There will be a part 2 for this series in a day or so with the same questions asked to a lifelong reader, just for comparison. I have seen a lot of blogs poll readers or feature readers and ask them what they look for in a book.…
Identity by Ingrid Thoft
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Identity by Ingrid Thoft “Thoft’s gripping sequel…A quirky and empathetic heroine, a fast-moving plot, and a surprise ending make this a winner.” —Publishers Weekly Firecracker P.I. Fina Ludlow returns in the next hard-driving entry in the acclaimed series by Ingrid Thoft. It’s been a couple months since Fina’s last…
Lockwood & Co. The Whispering Skull by Jonathan Stroud
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The Whispering Skull by Jonathan Stroud In the six months since Anthony, Lucy, and George survived a night in the most haunted house in England, Lockwood & Co. hasn’t made much progress. Quill Kipps and his team of Fittes agents keep swooping in on Lockwood’s investigations. Finally, in a…
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