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Month: August 2021

August 2021 Reading Wrap Up (collage of book covers)
August 31, 2021November 11, 2021 Carol

August 2021 Reading Wrap Up

The Last Chance Library by Freya Sampson (cover) Image: white block text on a blue background.....text forms 3 shelves which hold graphic images of books and library scenes
August 30, 2021 Carol

The Last Chance Library [Book Review]

Snowflakes Over the Starfish Cafe by Jessica Redland (cover) Image: a young man and woman sit outside at a table near a rustic cafe near a cove of water and a lighthouse
August 27, 2021August 27, 2021 Carol

Snowflakes Over the Starfish Cafe [Book Review]

Meet Me in Monaco by Hazel Gaynor and Heather Webb (cover) Image: side profile of a woman in a green dress and white gloves sitting next to an ocean coastline
August 25, 2021 Carol

Meet Me in Monaco [Book Review] #ThrowBackThursday

10 Books I'd Like To Read Again For the First Time (Image: white text over a background of stacked hardback books)
August 23, 2021 Carol

10 Books I Wish I Could Read Again For the First Time #TopTenTuesday #LetsDiscuss2021

Gilead by Marilynne Robinson (cover) Image: white text over the graphic image of a bluish tree)
August 20, 2021August 21, 2021 Carol

Gilead [Book Review] #WhatsOnYourBookShelfChallenge

August 19, 2021August 18, 2021 Carol

The Unlikely Adventures of the Shergill Sisters [Book Review] #ThrowBackThursday

10 Bookish Confessions From an Ardent Bibliophile (white text over a background of a woman reading in a hammock)
August 17, 2021 Carol

10 Bookish Confessions From an Ardent Bibliophile #TopTenTuesday

The Bookseller's Secret by Michelle Gable (cover) Image: a young woman in a blue dress stands with her back to the camera looking out a set of windows
August 15, 2021December 30, 2021 Carol

The Bookseller’s Secret [Excerpt]

Our Italian Summer by Jennifer Probst (cover) Image: a beautiful sunny Italian coast lined with villas
August 13, 2021August 13, 2021 Carol

Our Italian Summer [Book Review]

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