Book Reviews – and Other Thoughts
Welcome to my blog, my place to express my thoughts and opinions on books I read.
I enjoy a variety of genres – mystery, psychological thriller, memoir, and historical fiction – so everything I review with be in one of those categories.
All reviews are my personal opinion and I am not paid for them.
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This book drew me in from the very first page. Set in Maine in the late 1700’s, it is the story of Martha Ballard, a midwife. The character is based on a real person who delivered many babies and kept a detailed record of names, dates and places in her diary. She was depended on
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I have been an avid reader my whole life. My first real memory of being enthralled by a book was on my seventh birthday. My dad bought me the whole Chronicles of Narnia series and I read each book from cover to cover. I didn’t understand them, (really, what seven-year-old would) but the mystery kept
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Maggy Thorsen and her boyfriend, Jake Pavlik, attend a writer’s retreat together, where Jake is attending as a forensic expert guest speaker. Before the main event, the hosts take the attendees on a short train ride through Florida’s Everglades. Each attendee has be given the role of one of the characters from Agatha Christie’s “Murder
Mercy Langille 