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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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The Bitches Love: John Grisham
Movie maker of the 90s and 00s.
juliegilkison
Nov 20, 20203 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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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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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: An American Marriage by Tayari Jones
A happily married Black couple's life is turned into chaos when the husband is accused of rape. So racist it will make you sick!
Both
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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Review: The Round House by Louise Erdrich
The plot and themes tell a story that are all too familiar for any Indigenous person in the states
juliegilkison
Oct 12, 20201 min read
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Review: Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann
How the Indigenous People of our country have over and over again been screwed over by those who came after the fact. Ugh!
juliegilkison
Oct 12, 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: The Second Amendment by Michael Waldman
No matter what side of the issue you're on, this is a MUST READ!
juliegilkison
Sep 1, 20201 min read
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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: 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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Review: The Moment of Lift by Melinda Gates
How empowering women changes the world.
juliegilkison
Aug 27, 20201 min read
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Review: The Other Americans by Laila Lalami
A full gamut of interesting characters to tell the story of modern-day America.
bsgilki
Aug 26, 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: The Given Day by Dennis Lehane
Race, immigration, terrorism, the economy, corruption, and class are all themes in this saga that takes place in Boston and Tulsa in 1918.
Both
Aug 25, 20201 min read
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Review: A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
A mother-daughter relationship, the struggles of being a woman in Afghanistan during the Taliban's reign, prejudice, stigmas, and loss.
Both
Aug 25, 20201 min read
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