The Letters of Robert Frost, Volume Two
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The Letters of Robert Frost, Volume 2: 1920-1928 is the second installment of Harvard's five-volume...
The Many Lives of Miss K: Toto Koopman - Model, Muse, Spy
Jean-Noel Liaut and Denise Jacobs
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A life of glamour and tragedy, set against the watershed cultural and political movements of...
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, #1)
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Indiana, 1818. Moonlight falls through the dense woods that surround a one-room cabin, where a...
The Uninvited
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From the award-winning author of In the Shadow of Blackbirdscomes a stunning new novel a masterfully...
Merissa (13585 KP) rated The Long Way Home (Coming Home #1) in Books
Feb 28, 2025
Marcus was a troubled teen/trust fund child who got together with Declan, someone out of the same group of people who actually wanted to spend time with him. Unfortunately, Declan became seriously ill and made Marcus continue on with his life without Declan being in it. Cory became a dad at 19 and a single dad six months later. His whole life revolves around his daughter and his family. The sparks fly when these two meet, but not for the reasons Marcus thinks.
I will say, most of this book is angst between the two, with lots of misconstrued signals and attempts to speak. Considering they're both adults, this became frustrating very quickly. You could cut out half of this and still have a decent-sized novel, as this was a LONG read.
I found both characters to be slightly inconsistent in how they thought and behaved, especially Cory. Considering how he'd been earlier in the book, there was a bit of whiplash involved when he and Marcus actually had their first date.
On the whole, this was a good read that I would give 3.5 stars to (rounded up). It is a debut novel and there is plenty of potential for future stories.
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Feb 28, 2025
Back in Time
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• "...a beautifully executed lesson on the history of the universe" - The New York Times •...
The Newspaperman: The Life and Times of Ben Bradlee
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Sometimes referred to as the country’s “most dangerous editor,” Washington Post executive...
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Selected Letters
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'I am certain of nothing but the holiness of the heart's affections, and the truth of imagination' -...
The Commander
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The definitive biography of the military leader who stood at the center of Arab politics for four...