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A Hundred Crickets Singing by Cathy Gohlke (cover) Image: a young woman shown from the waist up stands with her back to the camera and hands behind her back
April 27, 2022April 27, 2022 Carol

A Hundred Crickets Singing [Book Review]

The Book of Lost Friends by Lisa Wingate (cover)
March 2, 2022 Carol

The Book of Lost Friends [Book Review] #ThrowBackThursday

The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates (cover) Image: white text over the background of an African American man floats face down in water
October 7, 2021October 12, 2021 Carol

The Water Dancer [Book Review] #ThrowBackThursday

Sunflower Sisters by Martha Hall Kelly (cover) Image: a woman in an 1890s dress and bonnet and carrying a bunch of sumflowers walks down a dirt path away from the camera
March 26, 2021April 6, 2023 Carol

Sunflower Sisters [Book Review]

The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd (cover) Image: white text over a reddish orangish landscape that has birds flying low over the water
February 25, 2021 Carol

The Invention of Wings [Book Review] #ThrowBackThursday

The Book of Lost Friends by Lisa Wingate (cover)
March 27, 2020March 2, 2022 Carol

The Book of Lost Friends [Book Review]

The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates (cover) Image: white text over the background of an African American man floats face down in water
October 17, 2019October 7, 2021 Carol

The Water Dancer [Book Review]

The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd (cover) Image: white text over a reddish orangish landscape that has birds flying low over the water
November 9, 2018February 22, 2021 Carol

The Invention of Wings [Book Review]

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