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Passing of Sophie Kinsella
It is with great sadness that I learned that Sophie Kinsella lost her fight with brain cancer today at the age of 55. She was the author of the Shopaholic series and many other standalone books. I was lucky to have met her at a book signing in 2007 for the release of Shopaholic &…
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The Island – Victoria Hislop
Summary While on vacation in Crete, Alexis Fielding arrives in Plaka to find out more about her mother’s secret past, linked to the abandoned island of Spinalonga, Greece’s former leper colony. Quote “This was not the start of a short trip to deliver supplies. It was the beginning of a one-way journey to start a…
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The Appeal – Janice Hallett
Summary While a small-town amateur theatre group is trying to raise money for a young girl’s experimental cancer treatment, a murder is committed in their midst. Two law students are examining the evidence to determine if the person who was sent to prison was wrongfully accused. Quote “Her neediness borders on obsession, and where obsession…