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The Bitches Love: John Grisham
Movie maker of the 90s and 00s.
juliegilkison
Nov 20, 20203 min read
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Bitches to the ER, stat!
24 Medical Books for Your Inner Meredith Grey
juliegilkison
Nov 12, 20202 min read
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Grab Her a Kleenex: Barb's Reading Patricia Polacco Again
Grab the tissues!
bsgilki
Nov 5, 20202 min read
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Review: Burial Rites by Hannah Kent
A creepy, eerie, fascinating story of survival, love, and a culture you might not ever know anything about.
Both
Oct 18, 20201 min read
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Authors We Love, Part 1: Our Main Bitches
These ladies are my most-recommended, my most-loved, my dream writing partners.
Both
Oct 16, 20201 min read
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8 Pandemic-y Books to Read During Corona-Times
Sci-Fi, YA, classics, future dystopians, nonfiction: we've got a spoonful of book medicine for everyone.
Both
Sep 28, 20202 min read
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Barb's Favorite Books of 2019
My top ten books of 2019
bsgilki
Sep 26, 20201 min read
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Review: China Dolls by Lisa See
Lisa See has done it again!
bsgilki
Aug 27, 20201 min read
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Review: Women Talking by Miriam Toews
It's the dialogue between the women that is so powerful. They have found their voice!
Both
Aug 27, 20201 min read
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Review: The Only Woman in the Room by Marie Benedict
The true story of Hedy Lamarr! So much more than being an actress.
bsgilki
Aug 26, 20201 min read
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Review: The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead
It won the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for fiction and was in both of our top tens for 2019--Basically the same prestige
Both
Aug 26, 20201 min read
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Review: The Given Day by Dennis Lehane
Race, immigration, terrorism, the economy, corruption, and class are all themes in this saga that takes place in Boston and Tulsa in 1918.
Both
Aug 25, 20201 min read
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Review: A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
A mother-daughter relationship, the struggles of being a woman in Afghanistan during the Taliban's reign, prejudice, stigmas, and loss.
Both
Aug 25, 20201 min read
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Review: The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
The Kite Runner is one of the best books I've read that I think everyone should read
Both
Aug 25, 20201 min read
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Review: The Rent Collector by Camron Wright
A 5 from both of us, This is based on the true story and lives of two women who literally live in a garbage dump in Cambodia.
Both
Aug 25, 20201 min read
5
Review: The Paragon Hotel by Lyndsay Faye
We both loved this! We need it to be a movie. Can't believe it's a true story.
Both
Aug 25, 20201 min read
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Review: The Secrets We Kept by Lara Prescott
You don't have to read Dr. Zhivago to love it!
Both
Aug 25, 20201 min read
5
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