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A Separate Peace by John Knowles

by Bubbly Bibbly | Nov 13, 2020 | Book Review, Classic

Summary: Set at a boys’ boarding school in New England during the early years of World War II, A Separate Peace is a harrowing and luminous parable of the dark side of adolescence. Gene is a lonely, introverted intellectual. Phineas is a handsome, taunting,...

Aunt Dimity and the Duke by Nancy Atherton

by Bubbly Bibbly | Nov 13, 2020 | Book Review, Crime/Mystery/Thriller

Summary: A broken heart, a missing lantern, and a dead rock star… thank goodness being dead won’t stop Aunt Dimity from lending a helping hand. Emma Porter is forty, fat, frumpy, and a passionate amateur gardener. When her longtime lover dumps her for a...

Await Your Reply by Dan Chaon

by Bubbly Bibbly | Nov 13, 2020 | Book Review, Crime/Mystery/Thriller

Summary: The lives of three strangers interconnect in unforeseen ways–and with unexpected consequences–in acclaimed author Dan Chaon’s gripping, brilliantly written new novel. Longing to get on with his life, Miles Cheshire nevertheless can’t stop searching for his...

Angelopolis by Danielle Trussoni

by Bubbly Bibbly | Nov 13, 2020 | Book Review, Fantasy

Summary: Angelology unfurled a brilliant tapestry of myth and biblical lore on our present-day world and plunged two star-crossed heroes into an ancient battle against mankind’s greatest enemy: the fatally attractive angel-human hybrids known as the Nephilim. With...

My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite

by Bubbly Bibbly | Nov 2, 2020 | Book Review, Crime/Mystery/Thriller

Summary: When Korede’s dinner is interrupted one night by a distress call from her sister, Ayoola, she knows what’s expected of her: bleach, rubber gloves, nerves of steel and a strong stomach. This’ll be the third boyfriend Ayoola’s dispatched...