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Bloody Mary by J.A. Konrath

by Bubbly Bibbly | Oct 26, 2020 | Book Review, Crime/Mystery/Thriller

Summary: Start with a tough but vulnerable Chicago cop. Add a hyperactive cat, an ailing mother, a jealous boyfriend, a high-maintenance ex-husband, and a partner in the throes of a mid-life crisis. Stir in a psychopath littering the city with body parts. Mix with...

Blue Christmas by Mary Kay Andrews

by Bubbly Bibbly | Sep 9, 2020 | Book Review, Holidays

Summary: The popular Mary Kay Andrews delivers a tasty holiday treat as she brings back the winning characters from Savannah Blues and Savannah Breeze for a little Southern cheer. It’s the week before Christmas, and antiques dealer Weezie Foley is in a frenzy to...

Blue Marlin by Lee Smith

by Bubbly Bibbly | Jan 29, 2021 | Biographical Fiction, Book Review

Summary: On a patched-up family vacation to Key West, a young girl seeks out movie stars and redemption for her fractured family.Lee Smith brings her masterful storytelling magic to this jewel of a novella that follows Jenny, an adventurous thirteen-year-old, down to...

Carrie Soto Is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid

by Bubbly Bibbly | Sep 9, 2024 | Book Review, Literary Fiction

My Take: I was SO INVESTED in this story! I loved Carrie, Gwen, Javier, and Bowe. I was rooting for Carrie during every match. I was hella worried about Javier’s health. I was hoping that Gwen wouldn’t drop Carrie. And I was hoping that Bowe would be...

Centuries of June by Keith Donohue

by Bubbly Bibbly | Sep 2, 2020 | Book Review, Fantasy

Summary: Face down on the bathroom floor after “a conk on the skull,” Jack, the narrator of Donohue’s unconventional latest, embarks on an epic and darkly funny journey through time and space without traveling much beyond his own bathroom. My take:...

Charms for the Easy Life by Kaye Gibbons

by Bubbly Bibbly | Jul 29, 2020 | Book Review

Summary: A family without men, the Birches live gloriously offbeat lives in the lush, green backwoods of North Carolina. Radiant, headstrong Sophia and her shy, brilliant daughter, Margaret, possess powerful charms to ward off loneliness, despair, and the human misery...