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Comedian memoirs can be raw, revealing, and relevant.
juliegilkison
Nov 30, 20202 min read
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Every Book in My House I Love: Julie
“If you love it, you buy it,” is a phrase I learned from my mother at an early age—so someone please tell my boyfriend she is the reason why
juliegilkison
Nov 22, 20201 min read
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Review: Burial Rites by Hannah Kent
A creepy, eerie, fascinating story of survival, love, and a culture you might not ever know anything about.
Both
Oct 18, 20201 min read
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Review: Rage Becomes Her: The Power of Women’s Anger by Soraya Chemaly
How to harness your rage as a woman--including the rage you may not even know you had.
Both
Oct 18, 20201 min read
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Review: The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
It's a coming of age novel about Sylvia Plath's extraordinary, unfortunately short life. It's autobiographical, it's poetic, you find...
juliegilkison
Oct 18, 20201 min read
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Review: Rules of Magic by Alice Hoffman
I love all books Hoffman. In my venture to read all of her books, I realized I had never read the famous Practical Magic but had to read...
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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Julie's Top 10 Books of 2019
History, nonfiction, and a whole lot of girl power.
juliegilkison
Oct 14, 20201 min read
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Barb's Favorite Books of 2019
My top ten books of 2019
bsgilki
Sep 26, 20201 min read
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Review: Wilder Girls by Rory Power
It's like a modern Lord of the Flies, with girls, at a boarding school, and people are dying via some disease/creature/political experiment
juliegilkison
Sep 1, 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 Silent Patient by Alex Michaelades
The definition of psychological fiction.
Both
Sep 1, 20201 min read
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Review: The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
After she's raped and murdered, a teenage girl watches her family struggle to move on as she tries to do the same.
Both
Sep 1, 20201 min read
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Review: Where the Heart Is by Billie Letts
This book can be a yearly re-read and the movie is a must-watch.
bsgilki
Sep 1, 20201 min read
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Review: The River at Night by Erica Ferencik
Scary! Loved it!
bsgilki
Aug 27, 20201 min read
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![Review: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo [Millennium Series] by Stieg Larsson + David Lagerkrantz](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c2b853_30916c9fbc28440fa102708ba18f6691~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_323,h_224,fp_0.50_0.50,lg_1,q_35,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/c2b853_30916c9fbc28440fa102708ba18f6691~mv2.png)
![Review: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo [Millennium Series] by Stieg Larsson + David Lagerkrantz](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c2b853_30916c9fbc28440fa102708ba18f6691~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_323,h_224,fp_0.50_0.50,lg_1,q_95,enc_avif,quality_auto/c2b853_30916c9fbc28440fa102708ba18f6691~mv2.png)
Review: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo [Millennium Series] by Stieg Larsson + David Lagerkrantz
A journalist and a badass hacker chick work together to solve a cold case and uncover much more!
bsgilki
Aug 27, 20201 min read
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Review: The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane by Lisa See
Classic Lisa See - girl power, family saga, historical events.
bsgilki
Aug 27, 20201 min read
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Review: China Dolls by Lisa See
Lisa See has done it again!
bsgilki
Aug 27, 20201 min read
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Review: Women Talking by Miriam Toews
It's the dialogue between the women that is so powerful. They have found their voice!
Both
Aug 27, 20201 min read
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