
Of Bees and Mist
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Up in the house that sits on the hill, a strange spell is brewing...To Meridia, growing up with her...

Beth Orton recommended Cut by The Slits in Music (curated)

How We Played: Games from Childhood Past
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Games make up a huge part of childhood, and memories of specific games stay with us throughout our...

Joe Jonas recommended track She's Always a Woman by Billy Joel in Greatest Hits, Vols. 1 & 2 (1973-1985) by Billy Joel in Music (curated)

Lindsay (1774 KP) rated The Lake and the Secret Sweetheart (The Front Porch Diaries #4) in Books
Aug 19, 2020
The adventures continue into the summer. The children seem to plan their time with friends though out the summer. There seems to be a family trip to the lake. Lucy seems quite scared. She seems to have family support and Simone as a friend. Could Lucy be scared of something else other than swimming and being alone?
Who has a secret sweetheart? Jon seems more grown-up. He will solve this problem or will he miss his chance? This book and about friendships, growing up, and family. I enjoy the way it was written. You do learn some French. Children will enjoy this book as well as learn a bit about what it was like in 1960.

AJaneClark (3975 KP) rated Where the Crawdads Sing in Books
May 30, 2020
The novel switches between times, something I always struggle a little with when reading a novel of this type. Following Kya growing up, being left in the marshes, finding and losing love and learning important life lessons along the way.
It then switches to the discovery and investigation of Barkley Cove's celebrity and much loved football player Chase Andrews. The locals decided that Kya is most likely to be the murder suspect.
Whilst beautifully written, and weaving joy and sadness through what is a very descriptive novel, I did struggle to read through this story, putting it down more times than continuing to read, and at one stage almost considered not finishing the story. I feel that perhaps the ratings and attention this book has had are perhaps over rated. Its a nice story, a little too wordy in places, but worth a read, but do not expect it to live up to the hype.

Bishop Takes Knight (Redclaw Origins #1)
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New York, 1955. Former socialite Henrietta ("Rhett") Bishop, destitute after her father gambles away...
Historical Paranormal Romance

Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2395 KP) rated Kinsey and Me: Stories in Books
Jul 9, 2023
The back section featuring thirteen vignettes as author Sue Grafton reflects on her life growing up with a functioning alcoholic father and a destructive alcoholic mother. While she admits they are autobiographical, she frames them around a character named Kit.
Fans of Kinsey will delight in these nine stories, all previous published, but decades ago so hard to track down outside this collection now. Personally, I found the back section depressing, but I suspect these stories were theopoetic for Ms. Grafton to write, and I can see others benefiting from them, too.
Overall, fans of the series will enjoy the collection. If you are new to the series, you can jump in here, too, and meet Kinsey without ruining any of fun of the novels.

Staying Wet: A Southern Tale Told One Sip at a Time
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There is a toxic landfill in every person's mind where the unpleasant seeds of life are...
Contemporary Literary Fiction

Slideshow: Memories of a Wartime Childhood
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Written from a child's point-of-view over a period of twenty years, Slideshow is an often funny,...