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#MyBookReviews #TBR The Last Duel and My Italian Bulldozer

January 31, 2018 By Joan Curtis Leave a Comment

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You may have missed my blog posts? #reading #writing Click To Tweet Maybe you didn’t notice but I’ve been offline for a little while. What have I been doing? Reading and writing. I am working on revisions on my work-in-progress and I’ve been reading. Recently I finished two very different books but both worth a […]

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Filed Under: For Readers, Joan's Must Reads, Reviews Tagged With: #MustReads, #mybookreviews, Alesander McCall Smith, Eric Jager, My Italian Bulldozer, The Last Duel

#MyBookReview Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate

January 15, 2018 By Joan Curtis 1 Comment

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I am often skeptical of books that have thousands of reviews and still have over four stars. So, this book languished on my e-reader for months. I finally read the sample, and I was hooked. The story is riveting and quite disturbing… Click To Tweet Taking her cue from history, Lisa Wingate tells the story […]

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Filed Under: For Readers, Joan's Must Reads, Reviews Tagged With: #mybookreview, Before We Were Yours, historical novel, Lisa Wingate, Must read

#MyBookReview Patron Saints of Liars by Ann Patchett

November 5, 2017 By Joan Curtis Leave a Comment

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Ann Patchett fans have probably already read this amazing book. It was Ms. Patchett’s first novel. I can’t believe that because it is so polished and well-done. I am not a full-fledged Ann Patchett fan because I found Commonwealth tedious at best and I only modestly enjoyed State of Wonder. But I loved Bel Canto […]

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Filed Under: For Readers, Joan's Must Reads, Reviews Tagged With: Ann Patchett, book review, My book review, Susan Howatch, The Patron Saint of Liars

What She Ate #MyBookReview 5 Stars for this Winner

October 9, 2017 By Joan Curtis 1 Comment

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What She Ate: Six Remarkable Women. The Food Tells Their Stories by Laura Sapiro is a biographical account of six woman and what they did or did not eat. The author contends that most biography is more interested in what a woman does in the bedroom versus what she does in the kitchen. Yet, most […]

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Filed Under: For Readers, Joan's Must Reads, Reviews Tagged With: Barbara Pym, biography, Dorothy Wordsworth, Eleanor Roosevelt, Eva Braun, food, Helen Gurley Brown, Laura Sapiro, Rosa Lewis, What She Ate

OMG! What a Book. #MyReview Lilac Girls #MustRead

September 11, 2017 By Joan Curtis Leave a Comment

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Okay, so I know I’ve given a number of books 5 stars, and I don’t really do that lightly. But, Lilac Girls should get 10! I haven’t read as good a book in a very long time. IMO it deserves the #Pulitzer… Click To Tweet It was much better than All the Light We Cannot […]

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Filed Under: Joan's Must Reads, Reviews Tagged With: Lilac Girls, Martha Hall Kelly, Must read, My Review, Pulitzer

#MyBookReview–Britt-Marie Was Here 5 Stars!

May 31, 2017 By Joan Curtis Leave a Comment

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After I read A Man Called Ove, I decided to find another book by Fredrik Backman… Click To Tweet Reading the reviews of his latest works, I selected Britt-Marie Was Here with trepidation. Some of the reviewers complained that it didn’t match Ove; Others liked it even more. Being a savvy buyer, I decided to […]

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#MyReview The German Girl by Aramdo Lucas Correa

April 19, 2017 By Joan Curtis Leave a Comment

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If you enjoy books written about World War II and the persecution of the Jews, you will devour this… Click To Tweet It’s based on an historical fact that should embarrass us all. The ship, St. Louis, sailed from Germany in 1939 full of German/Jewish families looking for sanctuary from the tyranny at home. They […]

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Filed Under: Joan's Must Reads, Reviews Tagged With: Armando Lucas Correa, Germany, Jews, Nazi's, St. Louis, The German Girl, World War II

#MyBookReview A Gentleman in Moscow–5 Stars

February 15, 2017 By Joan Curtis Leave a Comment

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By the author of Rules of Civility comes A Gentleman in Moscow. Once again Amor Towles (@AmorTowles) writes with wit and skill to produce a book very much worth reading. If you loved Rules of Civility, you’ll gobble up A Gentleman in Moscow. It’s the story of a Count, (Count Alexander Ilyich Rostov) who returns […]

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Filed Under: For Readers, Joan's Must Reads, Reviews Tagged With: @AmorTowles, #amreading, #Myreview, A Gentleman in Moscow, Amor Towles, fiction

#MyBookReview 5 Stars!!! A Man Called Ove

December 5, 2016 By Joan Curtis Leave a Comment

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Every once in a while you read a book that really floors you #amreading Click To Tweet It evokes every emotion, laughter, anger, frustration and tears. The story may not grab you like a thriller, but the book is one you’ll tell all your friends about. It’s one you’ll think about and never want to […]

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Filed Under: Joan's Must Reads, Reviews Tagged With: A Man Called Ove, Fredrik Backman, My book review

My Favorite Books of 2016

November 30, 2016 By Joan Curtis Leave a Comment

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This year I read a number of books that are worth mentioning #amreading #2016 Click To Tweet Readers love to learn what other readers enjoy. Recommendations about books are the best ways to find new reading material. I not only spend a good bit of my time writing, but I also spend time reading. I […]

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Filed Under: For Readers, Joan's Must Reads Tagged With: Ann Cleeves, Do No Harm, Five Quarters of an Orange, Heather Haven, Henry Marsh, Joanne Harris, Jodi Picoult, Jonathan Harr, Leaving Time, Mind Games, MJ LaBeff, Murder is a Family Business, Raven Black, The Lost Painting

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