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Juliet the Maniac by Juliet Escoria

Susie — Thu, 09 May 2019 10:00:59 +0000

Juliet the Maniac by Juliet Escoria (debut)
Publisher: Melville House
Release Date: May 7, 2017
Length: 336 pages
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The brave, heartbreaking story of young Juliet’s rapid fall into mental illness and her journey toward finding a way to carry on without completely losing herself….

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Mini-Reviews: A “Clearing the Shelves” Edition

Susie — Thu, 29 Mar 2018 10:00:27 +0000

The Lost Girls of Camp Forevermore by Kim Fu
The Parking Lot Attendant by Nafkote Tamirat
The Family Next Door by Sally Hepworth

Sometimes the book reviews really tend to stack up and I’ll do a mini-review edition with books that share a common theme like The Suspense-Lite Edition or The Counterintelligence Edition. And then there’s The Lost Girls of Camp Forevermore, The Parking Lot Attendant, and The Family Next Door. About the only thing these three books have in common is that their titles each start with the word THE. And so, a “Clearing the Shelves” Edition of mini-reviews has been born!…

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The Fall of Lisa Bellow by Susan Perabo | Review

Susie — Fri, 17 Mar 2017 10:00:11 +0000

The Fall of Lisa Bellow by Susan Perabo
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Release Date: March 14, 2017
Length: 352 pages
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Single Sentence Summary: This is the story of the “lucky” one: the girl left behind when another is kidnapped.

Primary Characters: Meredith Oliver – A typical 8^th grader. Not in the popular crowd, not unpopular, insecure, searching for independence, scared. Claire Oliver – Ferocious mother, wife, dentist, and worrier….

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History of Wolves by Emily Fridlund | Review

Susie — Thu, 05 Jan 2017 11:00:52 +0000

History of Wolves by Emily Fridlund (debut)
Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press
Release Date: January 3, 2017
Length: 288 pages
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Single Sentence Summary: Fourteen-year-old Linda lives a lonely existence at home and at school, so when a young family moves in nearby and welcomes her into their home Linda is ready to hold their secrets.

Primary Characters: Linda – (actually Madeline, “but at school called Linda or Commie or Freak.”) Linda is 14/15 and leads a solitary life with her fading hippie parents at an abandoned commune in the woods of Northern Minnesota. The Gardners – a family of three, mother, father and 4-year old son, who move in across the lake from Linda….

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Dear Fang, With Love by Rufi Thorpe | Review

Susie — Sat, 06 Aug 2016 10:00:33 +0000

Dear Fang, With Love by Rufi Thorpe
Publisher: Knopf
Release Date: May 24, 2016
Length: 320 pages
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Single Sentence Summary: A father and his newly diagnosed bipolar daughter embark on an historic tour of Vilnius, Lithuania in the hopes of finding clarity about the past and promise for the future….

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The Girls by Emma Cline | Review

Susie — Mon, 25 Jul 2016 10:00:18 +0000

The Girls by Emma Cline (debut)
Publisher: Random House
Release Date: June 14, 2016
Length: 368 pages
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Single Sentence Summary: In the summer of 1969, a drifting teenage girl becomes obsessed with the members of a commune living on a nearby ranch and comes to both love and fear them….

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