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Carolyn’s Books of the Month – May

Posted on May 15, 2020 by

  The digital edition! Here are some of Carolyn’s top picks for May. eBooks on BorrowBox The Lost Jewels by Kirsty Manning In the summer of 1912, a workman’s pickaxe strikes through the basement floor of an old tenement house … Continue reading →

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Alison’s Picks – April 2020

Posted on April 1, 2020 by

  Bruny by Heather Rose [also available as eAudio & eBook] -Well, there’s fiction that you know is fiction – and then there’s Bruny. The novel is set in contemporary Tasmania, where the Liberal government of the day has decided … Continue reading →

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Carolyn’s Books of the Month – March

Posted on March 9, 2020 by

Best Read: How We Disappeared by Jing Jing Lee When her husband dies in the year 2000, Wang Di is forced into the solitary life of a widow in modern Singapore. But this new silence brings with it a surge … Continue reading →

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Alison’s Picks – March 2020

Posted on March 4, 2020 by

   The Dutch House by Ann Patchett – Danny Conroy and his sister Maeve grow up in an opulent house in small-town Pennsylvania. This house becomes a powerful symbol for everyone connected with it. Because I enjoy fiction that tells … Continue reading →

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Carolyn’s Books of the Month – February

Posted on February 10, 2020 by

Best Read: The Girl in the Letter by Emily Gunnis A heartbreaking letter. A girl locked away. A mystery to be solved. 1956. When Ivy Jenkins falls pregnant she is sent in disgrace to St Margaret’s, a dark, brooding house … Continue reading →

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Alison’s Picks – February

Posted on February 4, 2020 by

  Peace by Garry Disher. The title is of course ironic, because Constable Paul Hirschhausen, manning a small police station in country South Australia, is pretty much run off his feet. The nature of country policing is that, if you … Continue reading →

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Carolyn’s Books of the Month – January

Posted on January 8, 2020 by

Best Read:  The Last Widow by Karin Slaughter  A mysterious kidnapping. On a hot summer night, a scientist from the Centers for Disease Control is grabbed by unknown assailants in a shopping center parking lot. Vanished into thin air, the … Continue reading →

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