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The Memory of Love by Linda Olsson

by Bubbly Bibbly | Sep 2, 2020 | Book Review, Literary Fiction

Summary: Marion Flint, in her early fifties, has spent fifteen years living a quiet life on the rugged coast of New Zealand, a life that allows the door to her past to remain firmly shut. But a chance meeting with a young boy, Ika, and her desire to help him force...

The Midnight Library by Matt Haig

by Bubbly Bibbly | Jan 18, 2021 | Book Review, Fantasy

Summary: Somewhere out beyond the edge of the universe there is a library that contains an infinite number of books, each one the story of another reality. One tells the story of your life as it is, along with another book for the other life you could have lived if...

The Mystery of Julia Episcopa by John I. Rigoli, Diane Cummings

by Bubbly Bibbly | Jul 27, 2020 | Book Review, Historical Fiction

Summary: CIn ancient Rome, a woman flees for her life. Her enemies are those she once called ‘brother’. Hidden beneath her blue cloak are secrets men will kill for – forgeries that prove the newly self-appointed bishops are not followers of the way,...

The Myth of You & Me by Leah Stewart

by Bubbly Bibbly | Jul 31, 2020 | Book Review

Summary: When Cameron was fifteen, she and Sonia were best friends—so close it seemed nothing would ever come between them. Now Cameron is a twenty-nine-year-old research assistant with no meaningful ties to anyone except her aging boss, noted historian Oliver Doucet....

The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

by Bubbly Bibbly | Jul 27, 2020 | Book Review, Fantasy

Summary: The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not. Within the black-and-white striped canvas tents is an utterly unique experience full of breathtaking amazements. It is called Le Cirque des Rêves,...

The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman

by Bubbly Bibbly | Jul 27, 2020 | Book Review, Fantasy

Originally Reviewed: Nov 2, 2015 Summary: THE OCEAN AT THE END OF THE LANE is a fable that reshapes modern fantasy: moving, terrifying and elegiac – as pure as a dream, as delicate as a butterfly’s wing, as dangerous as a knife in the dark, from...