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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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Review: Say Nothing by Patrick Keefe
bloody conflict between the Catholics and Protestants from the late 1960's until the peace accord of 1998. Riveting.
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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Review: Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann
How the Indigenous People of our country have over and over again been screwed over by those who came after the fact. Ugh!
juliegilkison
Oct 12, 20201 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: Unsheltered by Barbara Kingsolver
One of our favorites of 2019. Startlingly relevant--a must-read!
bsgilki
Sep 1, 20201 min read
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Review: The Yellow House by Sarah M. Broom
A difference of opinions..check out our review to decide if this is for you or not
juliegilkison
Sep 1, 20201 min read
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Review: The Things We Cannot Say by Kelly Rimmer
A good read if you like WWII books
bsgilki
Sep 1, 20201 min read
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Review: Where the Heart Is by Billie Letts
This book can be a yearly re-read and the movie is a must-watch.
bsgilki
Sep 1, 20201 min read
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Review: Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
It's a classic for a reason.
juliegilkison
Aug 27, 20201 min read
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Review: The Other Americans by Laila Lalami
A full gamut of interesting characters to tell the story of modern-day America.
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: To Wake the Giant by Jeff Shaara
The story of Pearl Harbor from characters you may never heard of before and will show you a new perspective
bsgilki
Aug 25, 20201 min read
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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: Yellow Bird by Sierra Crane Murdoch
The subtitle is: Oil, Murder, and a Woman's Search for Justice in Indian Country and that's all you need to know!
juliegilkison
Jul 9, 20201 min read
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