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The Bitches Love: John Grisham
Movie maker of the 90s and 00s.
juliegilkison
Nov 20, 20203 min read
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Grab Her a Kleenex: Barb's Reading Patricia Polacco Again
Grab the tissues!
bsgilki
Nov 5, 20202 min read
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Do I Need To Get Rid of My Wand Now?
When authors of books you love turn out to be shitty people
juliegilkison
Oct 21, 20203 min read
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Our Favorite Genre Doesn’t Really Have a Name
It does now!
juliegilkison
Oct 19, 20206 min read
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Review: A Long Petal of the Sea by Isabel Allende
A great story of love and survival.
bsgilki
Oct 18, 20201 min read
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Authors We Love, Part 1: Our Main Bitches
These ladies are my most-recommended, my most-loved, my dream writing partners.
Both
Oct 16, 20201 min read
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Review: Unsheltered by Barbara Kingsolver
One of our favorites of 2019. Startlingly relevant--a must-read!
bsgilki
Sep 1, 20201 min read
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Review: The World That We Knew by Alice Hoffman
You're either gonna love it or hate...
bsgilki
Sep 1, 20201 min read
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Review: The Water is Wide by Pat Conroy
A memoir from one of Barb's favorites.
bsgilki
Sep 1, 20201 min read
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Review: Fear: Trump in the White House by Bob Woodward
An alarming must-read.
juliegilkison
Sep 1, 20201 min read
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Review: The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead
It won the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for fiction and was in both of our top tens for 2019--Basically the same prestige
Both
Aug 26, 20201 min read
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Review: To Wake the Giant by Jeff Shaara
The story of Pearl Harbor from characters you may never heard of before and will show you a new perspective
bsgilki
Aug 25, 20201 min read
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Review: The Probable Future by Alice Hoffman
I thought I wouldn't love this book because it is old. I loved it.
bsgilki
Aug 25, 20201 min read
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Review: The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
The first time I read this book I couldn't get past the religious aspects having grown up in a crazy religion. I tried it again and loved it
bsgilki
Aug 25, 20201 min read
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Review: The Splendid and the Vile by Erik Larson
Wearing colorful silk robes and drinking whiskey all day did not keep Churchill from making grand decisions that affected our world.
Both
Aug 25, 20201 min read
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