The Margot Affair by Sanaë Lemoine (debut)
Publisher: Hogarth
Release Date: June 16, 2020
Length: 336 pages
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An insightful story of girl on the brink of adulthood longing to be known by her actress mother, her politician father, and the world she’s been kept a secret from her entire life….

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Akin by Emma Donoghue
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Release Date: September 10, 2019
Length: 352 pages
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A 79-year old man and the 11-year old great nephew he’s just agreed to temporarily care for travel to Nice, trying to understand the past and each other along their journey….

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Everyone excited for Halloween tomorrow? Love it for the kiddos, but as a middle school teacher, it’s not my favorite day of the year. Our school’s stance is to basically ignore the day, but really? They will be crazed! (And the following day they’ll be sugared out zombies.) It’s the perfect time of year to escape with a book and I’ve been doing a lot of that lately. I still haven’t found that over the top “WOW” book, but I’ve enjoyed all my recent reads and that’s serious improvement.

Last Week’s Reads

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The Alice Network by Kate Quinn
Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks
Release Date: June 6, 2017
Length: 528 pages
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Single Sentence Summary: Pregnant American college student Charlie St. Claire and Eve Gardiner, a one-times spy in WWI’s Alice Network, seem like unlikely allies, but by fate they become just that….

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Based on a True Story by Delphine de Vigan
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA
Release Date: May 9, 2017
Length: 384 pages
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Single Sentence Summary: A best-selling writer meets a woman, much like herself, who challenges everything she believes about writing and reality.

Primary Characters: Delphine – A very successful French writer, coming off her most popular book yet. Delphine’s life is in flux. Her children are soon headed to college and her writing is increasingly blocked. L. – An elegant, sophisticated woman Delphine meets at a party. L. quickly becomes a fixture in Delphine’s life, and in her work….

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